Australia election 2025 live: Dutton claims to see ‘turning of the mood’ in his favour and again accuses media of bias

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Peter Dutton has doubled down on his criticisms of the journalists covering his election campaign, calling the media “activists” and “so biased” after numerous stumbles and slip-ups at press conferences in the last month.

In an interview on Sky News last night, Dutton claimed internal Liberal track polling was “much more positive” for his election prospects than published opinion polling, which uniformly shows Labor in an election-winning position with around a 52-48 two-party lead.