Peter Dutton’s ‘retail likeability’ is a ‘point of contention’

The Australian’s Political Reporter Sarah Ison says while Opposition Leader Peter Dutton hasn’t had a gaffe, his “retail likeability” is a point of contention among voters. Sky News host Tom Connell broke down the latest Newpoll figures, which showed that 66 per cent of voters think Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has leadership experience, whereas Mr Dutton has 70 per cent. However, only 41 per cent of voters think Mr Dutton is in touch with voters, whereas Mr Albanese received 46 per cent. “That’s something that Peter Dutton has struggled with for a while,” Ms Ison told Sky News Australia. “I think he definitely had Labor being very reactive, even from as far back as sort of December … last year, like over the summer, he started to have them be quite reactive, and he was leading the narrative, so I think in terms of experience and some things like that, people can recognise someone who seems to have control. “He hasn’t had a gaffe or a number of kind of slipups or anything like that, but just broadly … his sort of like retail likeability has always been a point of contention.”