Dutton

Yet in this election campaign, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition leader Peter Dutton have had little to say on First Nations issues.

One glaring exception occurred this week, when during the final leader's debate Dutton said Indigenous "welcome to country" ceremonies - where a local Aboriginal person acknowledges and give consent to events taking place on their traditional lands - were "overdone" and should not take place so frequently.

The comments represent one of the only times on the campaign trail that Dutton has publicly addressed issues specifically relating to First Nations people – and not to discuss disadvantage, but within the context of a culture war.

A teenager has been charged after Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton's office was vandalised for the third time during the election campaign.

Australians vote in an election on Saturday, 3 May, and Dutton has in recent days caused controversy for his comments about ceremonial Aboriginal rites.