Softening Dutton's Image
Matt Golding
2 February 2025
As the election campaign kicked off, the Liberal Party launched a TV ad showing a more approachable Peter Dutton: kicking a soccer ball, laughing and high-fiving a child. Many media commentators saw it as an attempt to soften his image and make him more relatable.
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