Peter Dutton has spent time at a laser cutting business in Melbourne once again focusing on the economy.
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00:00Peter Dutton has finished up his third visit to Melbourne so far of this campaign and he's
00:08wrapped it with surprise surprise another petrol station visit this is the sixth of the campaign
00:14so far this afternoon it was with Goldstein candidate Tim Wilson although we were filling
00:20up in the neighbouring electorate of McNamara just on the border of Goldstein there Peter
00:27Dutton arrived with Mr Wilson in a van branded with Mr Wilson's name and face he had a chance
00:34encounter with 12 year old Sammy who approached to ask where's Albanese the the Peter Peter Dutton
00:42has been using these stops to spruik the party's 25 cent fuel excise cut promise saying that will
00:49help reduce the cost of fuel for motorists and the average motorist filling up weekly expected to
00:56save about $14 if that cut is passed on fully by retailers earlier as you say Mr Dutton visiting
01:04a metal fabricator where he repeated his plan to force the gas giants to divert some of their supply
01:11into the domestic market but what has loomed large today over both the Liberal and Labor campaigns is
01:18once again United States President Donald Trump's tariff campaign Peter Dutton saying that Australia
01:24faces great uncertainty the markets are volatile and the country needs a plan to improve its buffers
01:32its safeguards in the federal budget against a potential economic shock Mr Dutton detailing the
01:39coalition's plan today to establish a new future generation fund to do just that it would be paid for
01:45using the windfalls of commodity receipts the increases year on year 80 percent of those going
01:53into this fund that could only be accessed in emergencies and they would introduce legislation
01:59to ensure that's the only way it could be used opposition leader Peter Dutton saying the coalition is
02:04prepared to take action to safeguard the economy our plan is to manage the economy well as as coalition
02:12governments always do and it allows us to pay down Labor's debt over time so that we don't have that
02:19huge interest bill and it also allows us of course to give back to regional Australians
02:24well as I say Peter Dutton is ending his third visit to Melbourne in the must-win state of Victoria for
02:33the coalition it's a land of rich opportunity for the party here and a state where they'll have to
02:40perform well to have any chance of forming majority government come the May 3 poll now Mr Dutton has
02:46a breakfast event in Perth tomorrow so no prizes for guessing where he might be headed next
02:51you