Reported at www.theguardian.com: ‘In a 60 Minutes interview on Sunday night, Dutton said he would have conversations with Le, Katter and teal MP Allegra Spender in the event neither major party wins at least 75 seats.’

Peter Dutton is exploring potential alliances with crossbench MPs to form a minority government, as polling indicates the Coalition may win 73 seats, falling short of a majority in the upcoming federal election.

He has ruled out collaboration with the Greens.