Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said Labor’s focus on robo-debt will affect the result in Fadden.
Gold Coast councillor Cameron Caldwell is the Liberal National candidate for Fadden, and is expected to win, albeit with a smaller margin than the 10.6 per cent claimed by Robert at the May 2022 federal election.Queensland LNP members who spoke toon the condition of anonymity said they expected a swing of between 3 and 4 per cent.
She also said he went “well beyond supporting government policy” as a cabinet minister in defending the scheme despite knowing its flaws. Robert said on Friday that he welcomed the findings and he “worked hard” to shut down the program, adding he had not been referred for further legal action over his role in the scheme.