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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Malcolm Farr

BIZARRE: Dutton s woolworths ban is pure political positioning but who would be suckered in by it | Mind Blowing Facts

The opposition leader Peter Dutton speaks to media
‘The broader matter of national identity and celebration of an independent and prosperous democracy is beyond the opposition leader [Peter Dutton].’ Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

The brutish opportunism of Peter Dutton’s call for a shopper ban on Woolworths over the marking of Australia Day will be costly for the opposition leader in the political marketplace.

It wasn’t a smart strategy to threaten a corporate giant over its legitimate business decision. Other corporate giants who have backed the Liberals in the past might see this as a worrying precedent for a possible Dutton government.

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