The Liberals have pressed hard on the negatives, while Labor has a button of its own. Plus: Nick McKim’s surprisingly authentic gaming persona
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Peter Dutton has been noisy in recent weeks in calling out Labor’s “dirt unit”, a “sledge-a-thon” and “industrial-scale” personal attacks from the government as the campaign heats up.
But he might want to have a word with his campaign headquarters, given his criticism of Labor’s “nasty negative ads”.