Australia's Opposition leader Peter Dutton has hit the press with his final pitch to voters ahead of the polls, saying he expects “big surprises on election night.”
Speaking to ABC AM, Dutton said he’s hopeful of a 2019 result, when Scott Morrison beat Bill Shorten in what he called a “miracle win”.
“I think we’re seeing a 2019 situation, where you’ve got a lot of interesting contests playing on the ground, where we’ve had a very significant effort by great candidates,” he said.
"And I think there’ll be some big surprises on election night, because people have had enough."
Dutton has also been working to visit 28 key electorates in this final pre polls week, looking to snatch up the 21 extra seats needed to win, with Thursday seeing a trip to his own marginal seat of Dickson in Brisbane, saying he “felt positive and ”good about where our candidates are."
In another radio interview with 2SM today, Dutton defended his policy work, and insisted that the election is "not over” and “the race is on”.
“We’ve had dozens and dozens of backwards and forwards with the PBO (parliamentary budgetary office) on different iterations of policy. We’ve got a great organisation,” he said.
“People will play games and the rest of it, but is that going to help us convey our message? No. The only thing I’m focused on, quite honestly, is how we can save our country.”
