fbpx
Wikipedia

Peter Dutton

May 19, 2023

Peter Craig Dutton (born 18 November 1970) is an Australian politician who is the current leader of the Opposition, holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia since May 2022. He previously served as the minister for Defence from 2021 to 2022 and the minister for Home Affairs from 2017 to 2021. He has been a member of Parliament (MP) for the Queensland seat of Dickson since 2001 and has held ministerial portfolios in the federal governments of Howard, Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison.

The Honourable
Peter Dutton
MP
Dutton in 2022
Leader of the Opposition
Assumed office
30 May 2022
Prime MinisterAnthony Albanese
DeputySussan Ley
Preceded byAnthony Albanese
15th Leader of the Liberal Party
Assumed office
30 May 2022
DeputySussan Ley
Preceded byScott Morrison
Minister for Defence
In office
30 March 2021 – 23 May 2022
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
DeputyAndrew Hastie
Preceded byLinda Reynolds
Succeeded byRichard Marles
Leader of the House
In office
30 March 2021 – 23 May 2022
Prime MinisterScott Morrison
Preceded byChristian Porter
Succeeded byTony Burke
Minister for Home Affairs
In office
20 December 2017 – 30 March 2021
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
Scott Morrison
Preceded byJason Clare
Succeeded byKaren Andrews
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
In office
23 December 2014 – 21 August 2018
Prime MinisterTony Abbott
Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded byScott Morrison
Succeeded byDavid Coleman
Minister for Health
In office
18 September 2013 – 23 December 2014
Prime MinisterTony Abbott
Preceded byTanya Plibersek
Succeeded bySussan Ley
Minister for Sport
In office
18 September 2013 – 23 December 2014
Prime MinisterTony Abbott
Preceded byDon Farrell
Succeeded bySussan Ley
Assistant Treasurer of Australia
In office
27 January 2006 – 3 December 2007
Prime MinisterJohn Howard
Preceded byMal Brough
Succeeded byChris Bowen
Minister for Workforce Participation
In office
26 October 2004 – 27 January 2006
Prime MinisterJohn Howard
Preceded byFran Bailey
Succeeded bySharman Stone
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Dickson
Assumed office
10 November 2001
Preceded byCheryl Kernot
Personal details
Born
Peter Craig Dutton

(1970-11-18) 18 November 1970 (age 52)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Kirilly Brumby
​
(m. 2003)​
Children3
EducationQueensland University of Technology (BBus)
WebsiteOfficial website
Police career
Allegiance Queensland
DepartmentQueensland Police
BranchNational Crime Authority, Drug Squad, Sex Offenders Squad
Service years1990–1999
RankDetective Senior Constable[a]

Dutton grew up in Brisbane. He worked as a police officer in the Queensland Police for nearly a decade upon leaving school, and later ran a construction business with his father. He joined the Liberal Party as a teenager and was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2001 election, aged 30. Following the 2004 election, he was appointed as Minister for Employment Participation. In January 2006, he was promoted to become Assistant Treasurer under Peter Costello. After the defeat of the Liberal-National Coalition at the 2007 election, he was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Health, a role he held for the next six years.

Upon the victory of the Coalition at the 2013 election, Dutton was appointed Minister for Health and Minister for Sport. He was moved to the role of Minister for Immigration and Border Protection in December 2014, where he played a key role in overseeing Operation Sovereign Borders. He was kept in that position after Malcolm Turnbull replaced Tony Abbott as Prime Minister in September 2015. In December 2017, he was also given the restored role of Minister for Home Affairs, heading a new 'super' department with broad responsibilities brought together from other existing departments.

After the defeat of Abbott, Dutton became widely seen as the leader of the conservative faction in the Liberal Party, and began to be spoken of as a potential leader. In August 2018, after a period of poor opinion polling for the Coalition, Dutton unsuccessfully challenged Turnbull for the leadership. He then was defeated by Scott Morrison in a second leadership ballot days later after Turnbull chose to resign. He was retained as Minister for Home Affairs by Morrison, later becoming Minister for Defence and Leader of the House in March 2021. He went on to succeed Morrison as party leader unopposed after the Coalition's defeat at the 2022 election, becoming leader of the opposition. He is the first Liberal leader to come from Queensland, and the first leader since Alexander Downer to represent a seat outside of New South Wales.

Early years

Dutton was born on 18 November 1970 in the northern Brisbane suburb of Boondall.[1] He is the eldest of five children, with one brother and three sisters. His mother Ailsa Leitch worked in childcare and his father Bruce Dutton was a builder. Dutton finished high school at the Anglican St Paul's School, Bald Hills.[2] He is the great-great-grandson of the pastoralist squatter and politician Charles Boydell Dutton.[3] He is also a descendant of Captain Richard James Coley, who was Queensland's first Sergeant-at-Arms, who built Brisbane's first private dwelling and who gave evidence confirming the mass poisonings of Aboriginal Australians at Kilcoy in 1842.[4]

Dutton joined the Young Liberals in 1988 aged 18. He became the policy vice-chair of the Bayside Young Liberals the following year and chair of the branch in 1990. At the 1989 Queensland state election, the 19-year-old Dutton ran unsuccessfully as the Liberal candidate against Tom Burns, a former state Labor leader, in the safe Labor seat of Lytton.[2][5]

Police career

Upon leaving high school, Dutton graduated from the Queensland Police Academy in 1990. He served as a Queensland Police officer for nearly a decade, working in the drug squad in Brisbane in the early 1990s.[6][7] He also worked in the sex offenders squad and with the National Crime Authority.[8]

In 1999, Dutton left the Queensland Police, having achieved the rank of detective senior constable.[2][9][10] Documentation filed in the District Court of Queensland in 2000 describes his resignation as being prompted by a loss of driving confidence resulting from an incident in August 1998. He was driving an unmarked Mazda 626 during a covert surveillance operation, before rolling his car while in pursuit of an escaped prisoner who was driving erratically. Dutton also suffered numerous physical injuries during the accident, and as a result, was hospitalised briefly and bedridden for a week. He had sought damages of $250,000 from the escaped prisoner's insurance company but dropped the claim in 2005.[11]

Business activities

On leaving the police, Dutton completed a Bachelor of Business at the Queensland University of Technology.[1][12] He and his father founded the business Dutton Holdings, which was registered in 2000; it operated under six different trading and business names.[13] The company bought, renovated, and converted buildings into childcare centres, and in 2002 it sold three childcare centres to the now defunct ABC Learning. ABC Learning continued[when?] to pay rent of A$100,000 to Dutton Holdings.[14] Dutton Holdings continues to trade under the name Dutton Building & Development.[13][when?]

Howard government (2001–07)

 
Dutton with Indian finance minister P. Chidambaram at the 2006 Asian Development Bank board of governors AGM in Hyderabad

Dutton was elected to the Division of Dickson at the 2001 election, defeating Labor's Cheryl Kernot. He was elevated to the ministry after the 2004 election as Minister for Workforce Participation, a position he held until January 2006. He was then appointed Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Revenue. He successfully retained Dickson at the 2007 election, which saw the government lose office. However, his margin was reduced to just 217 votes more than Labor's Fiona McNamara.[15]

Opposition (2007–13)

Following the 2007 election, Dutton was promoted to shadow cabinet by the new Liberal leader Brendan Nelson, as Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation.[16] In 2008, he chose not to be present in the chamber during the apology to the Stolen Generations, which enjoyed bipartisan support.[12] He said "I regarded it as something which was not going to deliver tangible outcomes to kids who are being raped and tortured in communities in the 21st century."[17] Later, in a 2014 interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, Dutton said he regretted boycotting the apology: "I underestimated the symbolic and cultural significance of it."[2]

In September 2008, Nelson was replaced as Liberal leader by Malcolm Turnbull, who appointed Dutton as Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing. He retained that position when Tony Abbott succeeded Turnbull as leader in December 2009.[18] In June 2010, Dutton released the Coalition's mental health policy. The Australian described it as "the most significant announcement by any political party in relation to a targeted, evidence-based investment in mental health",[19] but not all experts agreed.[20]

Dutton retained his seat with a positive swing at the 2010 federal election, despite an unfavourable redistribution. In the lead-up to the 2013 federal election, he announced a range of Coalition health policies, which were received favourably by industry groups. The Australian Medical Association said "the Coalition has delivered a strong package of practical, affordable health policies that would strengthen general practice",[21] while Cancer Council Australia said that "Dutton's promise to finalise the bowel cancer screening program by 2020 would save an additional 35,000 lives over the next 40 years."[22]

Attempted seat shift

As the 2010 election approached, it looked like Dutton would lose to the Labor candidate due to a redistribution of division boundaries that had erased his majority and made Dickson notionally Labor. To safeguard himself, Dutton sought pre-selection for the merged Liberal National Party in the safe Liberal seat of McPherson on the Gold Coast (despite not living in or near McPherson).[23] Some constituents complained, "The abandoning of a seat by a sitting MP halfway through a parliamentary term to contest pre-selection in a seat over 100 kilometres to the south is not looked upon favourably."[24]

Dutton lost the McPherson pre-selection to Karen Andrews, reportedly due to misgivings from former Nationals in the area.[25] He then asked the LNP to "deliver him a seat for which he does not have to fight other preselection candidates." Liberal MP Alex Somlyay (the chief Opposition whip of the time) said that Dutton's expectation of an uncontested preselection was "unusual."[26] When the state executive did not provide Dutton an unchallenged preselection, Dutton reluctantly returned to campaign for the seat of Dickson.[27][28] In the election, he won the seat with a 5.9% swing towards him.[29]

Cabinet Minister (2013–22)

See also: Abbott government and Turnbull government

Minister for Health

Dutton retained his seat at the 2013 election. He was appointed to the new ministry by Prime Minister Tony Abbott as Minister for Health and Minister for Sport.[1]

As Health Minister, Dutton announced the $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund. As announced, the capital and any ongoing capital gains of the Medical Research Future Fund will be preserved in perpetuity.[citation needed]

Under Dutton, projected funding in the health portfolio increased in the 2014–15 Budget to $66.9 billion, an increase of 7.5 percent from $62.2 billion in 2012–13, the final full year of the Labor government. Projected expenditure on Medicare increased over 9.5 percent from $18.5 billion in 2012–13 under Labor to a projected $20.32 billion in 2014–15 under Dutton.[30][31] Funding for public hospital services increased by nearly 14 percent under Dutton in the 2014–15 Budget to a projected $15.12 billion compared to $13.28 billion in the last full year of the Labor government in 2012–13.

In a 2015 poll by Australian Doctor magazine, based on votes from over 1,100 doctors, Dutton was voted the worst health minister in the last 35 years by 46 percent of respondents.[32]

Minister for Immigration (2014–17)

 
Dutton (left) meeting with EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos in 2016.

On 23 December 2014, Dutton was sworn in as the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection after a cabinet reshuffle.[33] In September 2015, Dutton cancelled the visa of anti-abortion activist Troy Newman, over remarks in his 2000 book Their Blood Cries Out.[34][35] In 2016, News Corp Sunday political editor Samantha Maiden wrote a column critical of Jamie Briggs.[36] Dutton drafted a text message to Briggs describing Maiden as a "mad fucking witch" but inadvertently sent it to Maiden.[37] Maiden accepted an apology from Dutton.[38][39]

Illiterate refugee comments

Before the 2016 election Dutton said of refugees "many ... won't be numerate or literate in their own language let alone English",[40] and "These people would be taking Australian jobs".[40] Turnbull defended Dutton by stating he is an "outstanding Immigration Minister".[40] Against a statewide swing against the government of 2.9 points, Dutton's margin fell from 6.7 to 1.6 points, leaving him with a margin of fewer than 3,000 votes against Labor candidate Linda Lavarch.[41]

Sarah Hanson-Young spying incident

On 5 June 2015, Dutton denied claims made by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young that she was spied on during a visit to Nauru. At the same time he called into question her credibility saying "I have evidence that Senator Hanson-Young over-states every issue. She gets her facts wrong most of the time. And I just think you need to look at it in the light of experience with Senator Hanson-Young. If she's got evidence, produce it."[42] He also claimed that "What Sarah Hanson-Young is about is publicity. She loves the camera and she loves to see her own name in the paper. That's the start and finish of Sarah Hanson-Young."[43] Hanson-Young responded that "Peter Dutton can attack and insult me as much as he likes, but nothing will change the fact that my work has revealed systemic child abuse and the rape of young women on Nauru under his watch."[43] The spying claims were later confirmed by the Immigration Department and Wilson Security who carried out the spying operation.[44]

Au pair cases

 
Dutton (third from right) at an Australian citizenship ceremony in 2017.

In June 2015, an au pair who was detained at Brisbane Airport made a phone call and had her tourist visa reinstated. In November, in a second case, Dutton granted a visa to another au pair, despite his department warning him that she was at risk of breaching her work conditions on her tourist visa. Dutton indicated that he knew neither tourist. In August 2018, Roman Quaedvlieg indicated that he had personal knowledge of one of the cases, and was seeking to correct Hansard if it did not match his knowledge.[45] A third au pair was granted a visa due to lobbying by AFL chief Gillon McLachlan, she was due to stay with his relative Callum Maclachlan. Dutton's department again warned him there were indications that she was intending to work for Callum's family.[46] A Senate inquiry into two of the cases published a report on 11 September 2018.[47] It recommended "that the Senate consider censuring the Minister for Home Affairs (the Hon Peter Dutton MP) ... for failing to observe fairness in making official decisions as required by the Statement of Ministerial Standards."[48]

Rising seas joke

On 11 September 2015, Dutton was overheard on an open microphone, before a community meeting on Syrian refugees, joking about rising sea levels in the Pacific Islands, saying "Time doesn't mean anything when you're about to have water lapping at your door".[49] Dutton initially refused to apologise, saying it was a private conversation, but later apologised.[50] The Foreign Minister of the Marshall Islands at the time, Tony deBrum, responded by writing "insensitivity knows no bounds in the big polluting island down [south]" and the "Next time waves are battering my home [and] my kids are scared, I will ask Peter Dutton to come over, and he is still probably laughing,"[51]

Comments on Lebanese immigration

In November 2016, Dutton said it was a mistake by the Malcolm Fraser administration to have admitted Lebanese Muslim immigrants.[52] Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Dutton was making a specific point about those charged with terrorism offences. "He made it quite clear that he respects and appreciates the contribution that the Lebanese community make in Australia."[53]

Manus Island

On 15 April 2017 shots were fired by the Papua New Guinea defence force into the Manus Island Detention Centre. Dutton responded saying "There was difficulty, as I understand it, in the community. There was an alleged incident where three asylum seekers were alleged to be leading a local five-year old boy back toward the facility and there was a lot of angst around that, if you like, within the local PNG community." "I think there was concern about why the boy was being led or for what purpose he was being led away back into the regional processing centre. So I think it's fair to say that the mood had elevated quite quickly. I think some of the local residents were quite angry about this particular incident and another alleged sexual assault."[54]

However, the regional police commander on Manus Island said a young boy who was 10, not five, had gone to the centre two weeks earlier to ask for food. He said "It's a total separate incident altogether"[55] The Greens senator Nick McKim said Dutton had been caught telling an outrageous lie. "This has disturbing echoes of the children overboard affair lies."[55]

On 31 October 2017, the Papuan Government closed down the Manus Island regional processing centre. However, 600 men residing in the processing centre refused to be moved to alternative accommodation in the town of Lorengau and staged a protest. Dutton defended the closure of the processing centre and asserted that the Papuan authorities had given notice of the camp's impending closure in May 2017. He also rejected Australian Greens Senator Nick McKim's report that there was no safe alternative accommodation available as false and claimed McKim was inciting trouble.[56] Following a prolonged standoff with Papuan security forces, the remaining men were evacuated, many forcibly, to new accommodation.[57] Arrangements have been made to resettle an unspecified number of the asylum seekers in the United States. The others will be moved to either a different part of Papua New Guinea or a different country.[58][59]

In mid-November 2017, Dutton rejected an offer by the newly-elected New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to resettle 150 asylum seekers from the Manus Island detention centre in New Zealand and warned that it would have repercussions for the two countries' bilateral relations. He also claimed that New Zealand's offer would encourage people smugglers. Dutton also criticised a New Zealand offer to provide $3 million for services for asylum seekers on Manus and Nauru as a "waste of money" that could be spent elsewhere, such as displaced people in Indonesia. In addition, Dutton criticised Australia's Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's call for Australia to accept the New Zealand offer as an attempt to appease the Labor Left with "cheap political stunts and mealy-mouthed words".[60][61]

Minister for Home Affairs (2017–2021)

 
Dutton (second from right) announcing the creation of the new Home Affairs portfolio in July 2017.

On 20 December 2017, Dutton was appointed the Minister for Home Affairs with responsibilities of overseeing the Department of Home Affairs which was established on 20 December 2017 by Administrative Arrangement Order. The Home Affairs portfolio is a major re-arrangement of national security, law enforcement, emergency management, transport security, border control, and immigration functions.

South African farm attacks

Main article: South African farm attacks § Australia

In March 2018, Dutton made calls to treat white South African farmers as refugees, stating that "they need help from a civilised country".[62][63] However, his offer was rejected by Afrikaner rights organisation AfriForum, which stated that the future of Afrikaners was in Africa, as well as by the survivalist group the Suidlanders, which took credit for bringing the issue of a purported "white genocide" to international attention and for Dutton's decision,[64][65] and was met with "regret" by the South African foreign ministry.[66] The Australian High Commissioner was subsequently summoned by the South African foreign ministry, which expressed its offence at Dutton's statements, and demanded a "full retraction".[67][68]

His proposal got support from some of his party's backbenchers and Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm[69] with Leyonhjelm later clarifying that he thought that South African farmers should be admitted under existing visa programmes, and could not be regarded as refugees.[70] National Party of Australia MP Andrew Broad warned that the mass migration of South African farmers would result in food shortages in South Africa.[71] Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema encouraged white farmers to take up Dutton's offer.[72] After initially leaving the door open to changes, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop subsequently ruled out any special deals for white South African farmers, emphasising the non-discriminatory nature of Australia's humanitarian visa programme.[73] In a subsequent interview, Dutton vowed to push forward with his plans, saying that his critics were "dead to me".[74]

In April 2018, it emerged that Dutton's department had previously blocked asylum applications by a white farmer, and another white South African woman, with the decisions upheld by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.[75]

Immigration from New Zealand

 
Dutton (right) at the swearing in of Michael Outram as Commissioner of the Australian Border Force in May 2018.

As both Immigration Minister and Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton has defended an amendment to the Migration Act 1958 that facilitates the denial or cancellation of Australian visas for non-citizens on "character" grounds. This stringent "character test" also affects non-citizens who have lived most of their lives in Australia or who have families living in the country.[76] New Zealand nationals living in Australia were disproportionately affected by this "character test" with over 1,300 New Zealanders having been deported from Australia in the period between January 2015 and July 2018.[77][78] According to a Home Affairs Department report, 620 New Zealanders had their visas cancelled on character grounds in 2017 alone.[79]

In July 2017, Dutton's Department of Immigration and Border Protection introduced a special Skilled Independent subclass 189 visa to provide a pathway for New Zealanders holding a Special Category Visa to acquire Australian citizenship. The visa requires NZ nationals to have held a Special Category Visa for five years and to maintain an annual income of $53,900. Between 60,000 and 80,000 New Zealanders residing in Australia are eligible for the Skilled Independent subclass 189 visa. By February 2018, 1,512 skilled independent visas had been issued by late February 2018 with another 7,500 visas still being processed.[80][81] The Skilled Independent subclass 189 visa was criticised by Australian Greens Senator Nick McKim as a stealth means of favouring "English-speaking, white and wealthy" migrants.[81]

In February 2018, Dutton used his discretionary powers as Minister of Home Affairs to deport New Zealander Caleb Maraku on the grounds that he breached the "character test" provision of the Migration Act 1958. Maraku had been sentenced to 12 months probation for committing a one punch attack on another youth in Queensland's Gold Coast in November 2017. Maraku's perceive lenient sentencing and insensitive behaviour following his sentence had drawn substantial media and public attention, including a 50,000 strong petition calling for his deportation.[82][83][84] In response to Maraku's case, Dutton stated:

"It's no different to being invited into somebody's home - you don't start assaulting the residents of that house, you don't start assaulting Australian citizens and if you do you are shown the door."[83]

In early July 2018, Dutton ordered the deportation of controversial New Zealand Baptist Pastor Logan Robertson, who had disrupted services at two mosques in Kuraby and Darra in Brisbane. Dutton approved Robertson's visa cancellation on the grounds that he had violated the conditions of his visa, stating that "we have a wonderful tradition in our country of freedom of speech, but we're not going to tolerate people going to a place of worship and harassing others."[85][86][87] Robertson had early drawn controversy in New Zealand for his homophobic remarks and opposition to same-sex marriage.[88]

In mid-July 2018, Dutton's immigration "character test" became the subject of a controversial Australian Broadcasting Corporation documentary, entitled "Don't Call Australia Home", focusing on New Zealanders who had been deported from Australia.[77] In response, Dutton issued a tweet defending his deportation policy and claiming that deporting 184 "bikies" saved Australia A$116 million.[89][90] In response, the New Zealand Minister of Justice Andrew Little, who also appeared in the documentary, criticised Australia's deportation laws for lacking "humanitarian ideals."[91] The documentary's release also coincided with the release of a 17-year-old New Zealand youth from an Australian detention centre, which had caused friction between the two governments.[92] In response, Dutton defended his Government's policy of deporting non-citizen criminals and chastised New Zealand for not contributing enough to assist Australian naval patrols intercepting the "people smugglers."[93]

 
Dutton and Indonesia's chief security minister Wiranto in November 2018

In mid-July 2019, Dutton defended Australia's right to deport criminal non-citizens in response to concerns raised by the visiting New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, stating:

We need to stand up for Australians. And the New Zealand prime minister is rightly doing that for her people. But where we've got Australian citizens who are falling victim in certain circumstances where people are sexually offending against children, for example, we've had a big push to try to deport those paedophiles.[94][95]

In response, Professor Patrick Keyzer and Dave Martin of La Trobe University criticized Dutton's pedophilia remarks as misleading and contended that most deportees from Australia had spent most of their lives in Australia and had little ties to New Zealand.[96]

Anchor baby comments

In September 2019, Dutton called the two children of the Biloela family "anchor babies."[97][98]

Protests

In October and November 2019, Dutton expressed his views on protesters and police response. He stated that when protesters break the law "There needs to be mandatory or minimum sentences imposed... A community expectation is that these people are heavily fined or jailed." He also agreed with an on-air statement made by conservative 2GB radio presenter Ray Hadley that protesters should not receive social security payments. Leader of the Australian Greens Richard Di Natale responded by saying that "Peter Dutton doesn’t know what living in a democracy means" and claimed that he's "starting to sound more like a dictator than he is an elected politician. Because somebody says something that he doesn’t like, that he doesn’t support, he’s saying we’re going to strip away income support."[99]

In November 2019, Dutton said that the States should make protesters pay for the cost of police response to demonstrations.[100] He said of protesters: "For many of them they don't even believe in democracy... These people are completely against our way of life. These people can protest peacefully, as many people do, but the disruption that they seek to cause, the disharmony that they seek to sow within our society is unacceptable."[100]

Policing

In December 2019, Dutton announced that airport security measures were to be increased to detect, deter and respond to potential threats to aviation safety. Measures include greater use of canines and the deployment of extra protective services personnel armed with MK18 short-barreled rifles. Dutton appeared in a video alongside police personnel to announce the policy, sparking criticism of the potential use of police for political purposes.[101]

In March 2019, the Australian Federal Police Association had claimed that the AFP should be removed from the Department of Home Affairs to preserve its integrity and its ability to carry out investigations without government influence. Association president Angela Smith described it as "an embarrassing situation... We look the least independent police force in Australia, surely the other police forces are laughing at us."[102]

Leadership challenges

Main article: Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills, 2018

On 21 August 2018, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called a snap ballot of the leadership of the Liberal Party following several days of feverish leadership speculation, of which Dutton was at the centre.[103] Dutton responded to Turnbull's ballot call by formally challenging for the leadership of the party and won 35 of 83 votes available, 7 short of a majority.[104] Dutton then resigned from the Ministry despite being offered by Turnbull to retain his position of Minister for Home Affairs, and the media speculated that Dutton and his conservative backers in the party were likely to challenge for the leadership again in the near future.[105] Three days later, Dutton called for another leadership spill, and Malcolm Turnbull tendered his resignation to the Governor-General. Dutton was defeated by Treasurer and Acting Home Affairs Minister Scott Morrison by 45 votes to 40.

 
Dutton representing Australia at the 2018 Sub-Regional Meeting on Counter Terrorism in Indonesia

Doubts surrounding Dutton's eligibility to be elected to parliament emerged on the grounds of section 44(v) of the Australian Constitution, as the family trust owned by Dutton operated a child care centre that received over $5.6 million in funding from the Commonwealth Government, in a situation similar to Bob Day's case. Although Dutton had received legal advice stating that he was not in breach of section 44(v), Labor had received contrary advice; at Turnbull's request, the Attorney-General referred the matter to the Solicitor-General.[106] On 23 August, Labor attempted to move a motion to refer Dutton's eligibility as an MP to the High Court, in a similar manner to referrals made during the recent parliamentary citizenship crisis. The motion failed by 69 votes to 68.[107] On 24 August, the Solicitor-General advised that in terms of section 44(v) Dutton was "not incapable" of sitting as an MP, although he added that he had been provided with limited factual information and that, owing to differences of judicial opinion in earlier decisions of the High Court on section 44(v), Dutton's legal position could not be entirely clear without a referral to the High Court.[108][109] Dutton was reappointed to his former Home Affairs portfolio by Scott Morrison in the Morrison Ministry; however, responsibility for Immigration was stripped from the role and was assigned to David Coleman.[110]

2019 federal election

Dutton was re-elected at the 2019 federal election.[111] The political think tank GetUp! identified Dutton as "Australia's most unwanted hard-right politician" after surveying more than "30,000 members".[112][113] GetUp! mounted a campaign in an attempt to defeat Dutton in Dickson.[114] In response, Dutton said GetUp! was, "deceptive", "undemocratic" and "unrepresentative" and that he would back "parliamentary processes to bring the activist group to heel."[114] GetUp! has defended the effectiveness of its campaigning in Dutton's electorate.[115]

Minister for Defence (2021–22)

 
Dutton with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Washington, D.C. on 16 September 2021

In March 2021, Dutton was appointed Minister for Defence.[116] On 21 May 2021, Dutton directed the department and serving military personnel to stop pursuing a "woke agenda", and cease holding events to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia where staff wore rainbow clothing.[117]

On 11 July 2021, Dutton announced the end of Australia's military presence in Afghanistan.[118]

In October 2021, Dutton said Australia will back up any U.S. effort to defend Taiwan if China attacks.[119] In November 2021, he branded the former Prime Minister Paul Keating as "Grand Appeaser Comrade Keating".[120]

Defamation case

On 16 June 2021, in the Federal Court, Justice Richard White ordered Dutton to attend mediation over a defamation suit he brought against refugee activist, Shane Bazzi over a tweet calling him a "rape apologist".[121] In August 2020, it was announced this mediation had failed.[122][123]

On 24 November 2021, White ruled in Dutton's favour and awarded $35,000 in defamation damages, but refused Dutton’s bid for an injunction to prevent Bazzi tweeting about him.[124]

This decision was overturned on 17 May 2022 by the Full Court of the Federal Court, which found that the words "rape apologist", taken in the context of the whole message together with the Guardian article to which it was linked, referred to Dutton's attitude not to rape itself but toward claims of having been raped and accordingly did not amount to defamation.[125][126]

Leader of the Opposition (2022–present)

Main article: Shadow ministry of Peter Dutton

The Coalition was defeated at the 2022 federal election, with Dutton retaining his seat despite a swing against him.[127] After Scott Morrison resigned as leader of the Liberal Party, Dutton was elected unopposed as the new leader, with Sussan Ley elected as deputy.[128]

In parliament, in December 2022, Dutton repeatedly, after multiple corrections, referred incorrectly to Sharon Claydon as "Mr Speaker".[129]

On 1 April 2023, a by-election was held in the seat of Aston, triggered by the resignation of Liberal MP Alan Tudge. In a surprise result, the Labor candidate Mary Doyle won the election, marking the first time since 1920 that an Australian government had won a by-election from the opposition.[130] Having said during the campaign that the result would be a "verdict on the leaders", Dutton said afterwards that he accepted responsibility for the result, but still deserved to remain Liberal leader.[131]

In April 2023, Dutton announced that the Liberal Party would be opposing the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum. Although members of the Liberal frontbench will be forced to adopt this position, party backbenchers are free to campaign for the referendum.[132]

Dutton's stance on the refendrum was immediately met with opposition from within the Liberal Party. On 6 April, former Liberal MP Ken Wyatt resigned from the party in protest.[133] The following week, shadow Attorney-General Julian Leeser quit the Liberal frontbench and moved to the backbenches so he could freely campaign in favour of the referendum.[134] The next day, Simon Birmingham, the leader of the Liberal Party in the Senate, also announced that he would not be adopting the party position.[135]

Dutton following a shadow cabinet reshuffle announced that Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price will be appointed as the shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians on 18th April 2023.[136]

Political views

Dutton is aligned with the "National Right" faction of the Liberal Party,[137][138][139] which he leads.[140][141][142] He has been described as a right-wing populist.[143][144][145] Dutton is opposed to an Australian republic.[2] In December 2018, Dutton told Sky News that for the prior seventeen years he had regarded "parliament as a disadvantage for sitting governments".[146]

African "gang violence" comments

In January 2018, Dutton said that people in Melbourne are scared of going out because of "gang violence" involving African Australians,[147] but was "ridiculed" for it by people who live in Melbourne.[148]

Negative gearing

Dutton opposes any changes to negative gearing which offers tax breaks to property investors, saying in May 2017 that changing it would harm the economy. He owns six properties with his wife, including a shopping centre in Townsville.[149]

Pledge of Allegiance

In 2018, Dutton said he supports Australian school kids taking the Oath of Allegiance in schools, as is done by new Australian citizens.[150][151][152]

Legalisation of recreational cannabis

Dutton is against the legalisation of cannabis, and has described it as a "gateway drug" in June 2021.[153] After the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) decriminalised the recreational use of cannabis in September 2019, Dutton condemned the new laws as "unconscionable", "trendy", and "dangerous".[154]

Same-sex marriage

Dutton opposes same-sex marriage.[155] In March 2017, it was reported in The Sydney Morning Herald that Dutton "said privately it was inevitable that same-sex marriage would become law in Australia so it would be better for the Coalition, rather than Labor, to control the process".[156] Dutton's actions publicly have been in opposition to same-sex advocates. In March 2017, 31 CEOs signed a letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calling for a free vote in the Australian Parliament on same-sex marriage. In response to this letter, on 16 March, Dutton said that the CEOs "shouldn't shove their views down our throats" and that CEOs who were "doing the wrong thing" should "be publicly shamed".[157] Dutton repeated his criticism at a speech to the LNP State Council in Queensland on 18 March.[158] The Herald then reported that "the forcefulness of Mr Dutton's attack on corporate chief executives last week—in which he told them to "stick to their knitting"—has aroused suspicion among some colleagues who believed he was committed to achieving a breakthrough on [same-sex marriage]".[156] The following month, The Daily Telegraph reported that Dutton was asked by a lesbian for clarification on his position, and he "told her he had been clear that he was against same-sex marriage".[155] In his political career, Dutton has voted "very strongly against same sex marriage";[159] however, he voted in favour of the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017, which legalised same-sex marriage in Australia; 65 percent of his constituency voted "Yes" in the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey.[160]

Dutton's comments were heavily criticised as an attempt to censor expressions of support for same-sex marriage, with some commenters also accusing him of hypocrisy given his support for changing Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975.[161] Former New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally said that according to Dutton, "Free speech is great and should be expanded, unless it's an Australian corporate CEO speaking about same-sex marriage. Then they need to shut up."[162] Liberal MPs and ministers Julie Bishop and Simon Birmingham also expressed disagreement with Dutton's comments.[163]

On 9 May 2017, a 67-year-old man pushed a pie into the face of Qantas CEO Alan Joyce while Joyce was speaking at a function in Perth. The next day, the assailant confirmed that the attack was to protest against Joyce's support for same-sex marriage.[164] Dutton had singled out Joyce in his criticism of pro-same-sex marriage CEOs,[165] leading some LGBTI advocates to hold him partially responsible for the attack.[166] Dutton condemned the attack on Twitter.[167]

On 28 September 2017, following the news that US rapper Macklemore would sing a pro-marriage equality song at the NRL Grand Final, Dutton said in the name of free speech that "two songs should be played, one for gay marriage and one against gay marriage".[168][169]

South African farmers

Dutton supports the intake of white refugees fleeing the South African farm attacks.[170][171][172] In 2018, amid pressure by the South African Australian community for a special immigration intake for their family members,[173][174] he declared that Afrikaners required refugee status in Australia because of the high level of violent crime in South Africa and "the horrific circumstances they face" in South Africa.[175] BBC News reported that the Suidlanders group's "message of white genocide" had "resonated" with Dutton, prompting him to offer fast-track visas to white South African farmers due to their being "persecuted", claiming they needed help from a "civilised" country.[176] Australian Greens leader Richard Di Natale labelled the process of bringing white South African farmers to Australia as "thoroughly racist".[177] He also said that it would restore a semblance of policy similar to that enacted under the White Australia Policy.[177]

Personal life

Dutton married his first wife when he was 22 years of age; the marriage ended after a few months.[178] His eldest child, a daughter, was born in 2002 to another partner, and split time between her parents in a shared parenting arrangement. In 2003, Dutton married his second wife, Kirilly (née Brumby),[2] with whom he has two sons.[179][180][181]

On 13 March 2020, Dutton announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, becoming one of the first high-profile cases of the pandemic in Australia.[182][183][184]

Dutton suffers from the skin condition alopecia totalis.[185]

Dutton supports the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League, but also backed the eventually successful membership bid for a second Brisbane team in the league (the Dolphins).[186]

Electoral performance

Two-party-preferred performance of Dutton in his seat of Dickson.
Electoral history
Election Division First preference Two-party vote
2001 Dickson 45.58% 55.97%
2004 Dickson 52.09% 57.83%
2007 Dickson 46.15% 50.13%
2010 Dickson 48.96% 55.13%
2013 Dickson 48.01% 56.72%
2016 Dickson 44.56% 51.60%
2019 Dickson 45.93% 54.64%
2022 Dickson 42.58% 51.93%

Notes

  1. ^ This was the highest rank Dutton achieved prior to leaving the Queensland Police.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hon Peter Dutton MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Madonna King (9 August 2014). . Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  3. ^ Bartlett, Samuel (6 December 2021). "Everything you need to know about Peter Dutton". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  4. ^ Langevad, Gerry (1 January 1979), Captain Coley - Queensland's first Sergeant-at-Arms, Royal Historical Society of Queensland, from the original on 7 May 2021, retrieved 22 March 2021
  5. ^ Peter Dutton (Dickson) (13 February 2002). "Maiden Speech". peterdutton.com.au. from the original on 3 June 2017 – via Hansard, pp54–56.
  6. ^ . PetterDutton.com.au. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Federal Election 2013 - Dickson Results". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 11 October 2013. from the original on 12 January 2015.
  8. ^ . Whooshkaa. Sky News. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017.
  9. ^ Gothe-Snape, Jackson (11 May 2019). "Divided by politics but united by trauma". ABC News.
  10. ^ "Peter Dutton tough cop on the beat for new Home Affairs". The Australian. 19 July 2017.
  11. ^ Machan, Emma (11 May 2019). "Examining why Peter Dutton left the force reveals a strange coincidence". ABC News. from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  12. ^ a b Misha Schubert (7 October 2009). "To some he's the messiah, to others a duplicitous polly". from the original on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  13. ^ a b . 1 November 2014. Archived from the original on 15 August 2000. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  14. ^ Reynolds, Emma (23 August 2018). "How Peter Dutton got rich". news.com.au.
  15. ^ "Profile of the electoral division of Dickson". Australian Electoral Commission. from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  16. ^ "Nelson Shadow Ministry" (PDF). Parliament of Australia. from the original on 19 May 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  17. ^ "Q&A, Conservatives, Comedians and Political Correctness". ABC. ABC. 15 March 2010. from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  18. ^ "Turnbull Shadow Ministry" (PDF). Parliament of Australia. (PDF) from the original on 26 June 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  19. ^ Cresswell, Adam. "Experts hail a policy 'game-changer'". The Australian.[permanent dead link]
  20. ^ Hall, Eleanor (17 August 2010). "Health experts rate the parties' policies". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The World Today. Interview with Jeff Kennett and John Dwyer. from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  21. ^ "Coalition has been listening on health policy". AMA. 22 August 2013. from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  22. ^ "New Health Minister Peter Dutton set to save 35,000 Australian lives, says Cancer Council". Cancer Council Australia. from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  23. ^ Calligeros, Marissa (22 October 2009). "Door-knocking Dutton has work cut out". The Sydney Morning Herald. from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  24. ^ "Constituents not happy about Dutton dumping Dickson". Crikey. 23 September 2009. from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  25. ^ "Federal Election 2016: Dickson". from the original on 23 January 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  26. ^ Grattan, Michelle (7 October 2009). "Dutton seeks seat without a struggle". The Sydney Morning Herald. from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  27. ^ "Dutton to fight for Dickson". ABC News. 20 October 2009. from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  28. ^ Dickson Decides, 23 October 2009, from the original on 23 March 2019, retrieved 3 June 2017
  29. ^ "Dickson (2010 federal election)". ABC News. 6 September 2010. from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  30. ^ "Budget 2014–15" (PDF). (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  31. ^ "Budget 2013–14". from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  32. ^ "Peter Dutton ranked as worst health minister in 35 years in poll of doctors". Guardian Australia. 12 January 2015. from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  33. ^ "New Abbott ministry sworn in by Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 December 2014. from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  34. ^ "Troy Newman, Head of U.S. Anti-Abortion Group, Is Held in Australia Over Canceled Visa". The New York Times. 2 October 2015. from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  35. ^ . October 2015. Archived from the original on 3 January 2016.
  36. ^ "Briggs booted for being fool". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. 2 January 2016. from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  37. ^ Shalailah Medhora (4 January 2016). "Peter Dutton apologises for calling journalist a 'mad witch' in text message". The Guardian". from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  38. ^ "Samantha Maiden says she is happy to accept Peter Dutton's apology". ABC News. 3 January 2016. from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  39. ^ "Peter Dutton says sorry to journalist for 'mad witch' text". ABC News. 3 January 2016. from the original on 4 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  40. ^ a b c Keany, Francis; Anderson, Stephany (18 May 2016). "Election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull backs 'outstanding' Peter Dutton after refugee comments". ABC News. from the original on 19 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  41. ^ "Tally Room, Dickson, QLD". AEC Election Results. Australian Electoral Commission. 25 July 2016. from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  42. ^ "Sarah Hanson-Young labels Tony Abbott creepy over his response to Nauru spying allegations". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 June 2015. from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  43. ^ a b Vickery, Kara (25 August 2015). "Sarah Hanson-Young only interested in publicity, says Immigration Minister Peter Dutton". Herald Sun. from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  44. ^ "Immigration Department confirms Sarah Hanson-Young was spied on". The Age. 10 June 2015. from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  45. ^ Martin, Lisa (22 August 2018). "Former border force head 'has knowledge' of Dutton's au pair visa decision". The Guardian. from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  46. ^ "Dutton prevented au pair's deportation after lobbying from AFL boss McLachlan". ABC News. 28 August 2018. from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  47. ^ Martin, Lisa (23 August 2018). "Senate inquiry to investigate Peter Dutton's au pair visa decision". The Guardian. from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  48. ^ "Exercise of Ministerial Powers, with Respect to the VISA Status of Au Pairs, and Related Matters – Report – Recommendations". Parliament of Australia. from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  49. ^ "Peter Dutton overheard joking about rising sea levels in Pacific Island nations". ABC News. 11 September 2015. from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  50. ^ "Immigration Minister Peter Dutton apologises for 'vulgar' climate change joke". ABC News. 13 September 2015. from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  51. ^ "'Waves are battering my home': Marshall Islands Foreign Minister slams Peter Dutton after climate joke". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 September 2015. from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  52. ^ Anderson, Stephanie (21 November 2016). "Peter Dutton suggests Fraser government made mistake by resettling Lebanese refugees". ABC News. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  53. ^ "Julie Bishop defends Peter Dutton's comments on Lebanese immigration". Nine.com.au. 23 November 2016. from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  54. ^ "Interview with David Speers, Speers Tonight, Sky News". The Hon Peter Dutton MP: Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  55. ^ a b Davidson, Helen (21 April 2017). "PNG police flatly reject Peter Dutton's account of Manus shooting". The Guardian. from the original on 7 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  56. ^ Fox, Liam (31 October 2017). "Manus Island detention centre to permanently close today, 600 men refusing to leave". ABC News. from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  57. ^ Baxendale, Rachel. "Manus Island: last of asylum seekers removed from detention centre". The Australian. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  58. ^ "Why is the Manus detention centre being closed?". Al Jazeera. 30 October 2017. from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  59. ^ Meixler, Eli (6 November 2017). "What to Know About the Asylum Seeker Standoff on Manus Island". Time. from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  60. ^ Belot, Henry (6 November 2017). "Malcolm Turnbull not accepting Jacinda Ardern's offer to resettle asylum seekers in NZ 'at this time'". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  61. ^ Carp, Paul; Roy, Eleanor Ainge (17 November 2017). "New Zealand seeks deal with Australia to resettle Manus and Nauru refugees". The Guardian. from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  62. ^ Gribbin, Caitlyn; Sara, Sally (15 March 2018). "Peter Dutton wants Australia to help white South African farmers who he says are facing violence, land seizures". ABC News. from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  63. ^ McCulloch, Daniel (14 March 2018). "Peter Dutton looks to help 'persecuted' white South African farmers". The Sydney Morning Herald. from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  64. ^ Borman, Jan (23 March 2018). "SA conservative group takes credit for increased 'white genocide' awareness". News24. from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  65. ^ Gedye, Lloyd (23 March 2018). "White genocide: How the big lie spread to the US and beyond". Mail & Guardian. from the original on 5 April 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  66. ^ Killalea, Debra (16 March 2018). "South Africa: Peter Dutton's 'white farmer' comments anger Pretoria". news.com.au. from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  67. ^ Mtyala, Quinton (15 March 2018). "Dirco demands #PeterDutton retract 'persecuted' white farmer comments". Independent Online. from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  68. ^ Mbaya, Ndivhuwo. "White farmers: Peter Dutton must retract remarks – DIRCO". politicsweb. from the original on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  69. ^ Norman, Jane (17 March 2018). "Peter Dutton's white South African farmers resettlement gaining momentum". ABC News. from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  70. ^ Bornman, Jan (20 March 2018). "SA would need to deteriorate 'markedly' for white farmers to get refugee status – Australian senator". News24. from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  71. ^ Barbour, Lucy (22 March 2018). "South Africa could face food shortage if white farmers migrate to Australia, Federal MP Andrew Broad warns". ABC News. from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  72. ^ "Racists must go to Australia, says Malema". News24. 21 March 2018. from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  73. ^ Tillett, Andrew (18 March 2018). "Julie Bishop rules out special visa deal for South African farmers". The Australian Financial Review. from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  74. ^ "'Critics are dead to me' – Aus minister Dutton pushes ahead with white SA farmer plan". News24. 22 March 2018. from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  75. ^ Knaus, Christopher; Davidson, Helen (13 April 2018). "Peter Dutton's department blocked white South African farmer's asylum bid". The Guardian. from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  76. ^ Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 501 Refusal or cancellation of visa on character grounds.
  77. ^ a b "Don't Call Australia Home!". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 July 2018. from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  78. ^ O'Regan, Slyvia Varnham (3 July 2018). "Why New Zealand Is Furious About Australia's Deportation Policy". The New York Times. from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  79. ^ . Department of Home Affairs. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  80. ^ Goethe-Snape, Jackson (13 April 2018). "Government's immigration tweak sees overseas Asians out, integrated Kiwis in". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  81. ^ a b Karp, Paul (13 April 1018). "Visa pathway for New Zealanders resident in Australia will cut migrant intake". The Guardian. from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  82. ^ Wolfe, Natalie (19 February 2018). "Coward-punch Kiwi Caleb Maraku to be deported back to New Zealand". The New Zealand Herald. from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  83. ^ a b Clarke, Harry (19 February 2018). "'F---ing dogs': Inside the arrest of one-punch attacker Caleb Maraku". Nine News. Nine Entertainment. from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  84. ^ Kerr, Florence (22 February 2018). "One-punch deportee back to Waikato". Stuff. from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  85. ^ Crockford, Toby (7 July 2018). "NZ pastor to be deported from Australia after public nuisance charges". Stuff.co.nz. from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  86. ^ Small, Zane (27 July 2018). "Deported NZ pastor Logan Robertson shows no remorse for harassing 'sissy' Muslims". Newshub. from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  87. ^ "Deported NZ pastor Logan Robertson doesn't regret harassing Muslims". The New Zealand Herald. 29 July 2018. from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  88. ^ Bath, Brooke (15 August 2017). "Auckland pastor goes on rant, says gay people should be shot". Stuff.co.nz. from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  89. ^ Khalil, Shireen (19 July 2018). "'Program did not consider the impact on victims': ABC slammed by MP over NZ deportation piece". news.com.au. from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  90. ^ Khalil, Shireen (19 July 2018). "'No consideration for victims': ABC slammed over NZ deportation programme". The New Zealand Herald. from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  91. ^ "Justice Minister Andrew Little's tough words for Australia". Newshub. 19 July 2018. from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  92. ^ Bracewell-Worrall, Anna (17 July 2018). "Kiwi minor released from Australian adults' detention centre". Newshub. from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  93. ^ Bennett, Lucy (20 July 2018). "Peter Dutton vows to continue deportations following criticism from Andrew Little". The New Zealand Herald. from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  94. ^ "Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton dismisses Jacinda Ardern's demands to stop deporting New Zealanders". Radio New Zealand. 19 July 2018. from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  95. ^ Doran, Matthew; Macmillan, Jade (19 July 2019). "Peter Dutton dismisses Jacinda Ardern's demands for Australia to stop deporting New Zealanders". ABC News. from the original on 17 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  96. ^ Keyzer, Patrick; Martin, Dave (24 July 2019). "No, Peter Dutton. Most deported Kiwis aren't paedophiles and you're hurting our relationship with NZ". The Conversation. from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  97. ^ "Peter Dutton says Biloela Tamil children are 'anchor babies' used to help case | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian". TheGuardian.com. 12 September 2019.
  98. ^ "Tamil family children labelled 'anchor babies' by Peter Dutton". 12 September 2019.
  99. ^ "Peter Dutton accused of 'dictator' rhetoric over call for mandatory sentences for climate protesters". SBS News. from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  100. ^ a b "'Price to pay': Peter Dutton wants activists to cover the cost of police response to protests". SBS News. from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  101. ^ Karp, Paul (16 December 2019). "Labor issues please explain after Peter Dutton appears with AFP in political ad on airport security". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  102. ^ Knaus, Christopher (14 March 2019). "Federal police must split from Dutton ministry to save integrity, says union". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  103. ^ "Peter Dutton leadership challenge speculation grows". 9 News. 20 August 2018. from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  104. ^ Remeikis, Amy; Hutchens, Gareth; Murphy, Katharine; Knaus, Christopher (21 August 2018). "Dutton resigns after Turnbull survives Liberal leadership spill 48-35 – politics live". The Guardian. from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  105. ^ Coorey, Phil (21 August 2018). "Peter Dutton's backers vow it's not over for Malcolm Turnbull". Australian Financial Review. from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  106. ^ Loussikian, Kylar; McCauley, Dana (22 August 2018). "Government refers Dutton's eligibility to Solicitor-General". The Sydney Morning Herald. from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  107. ^ "Labor's Dutton court check push defeated". SBS News. Australian Associated Press. 23 August 2018. from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  108. ^ "Solicitor-General suggests Peter Dutton can stay in Parliament amid eligibility cloud". ABC News. 24 August 2018. from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  109. ^ Twomey, Anne (5 September 2018). "Section 44 and the Competing Arguments for Disqualification and Exoneration of Peter Dutton". AUSPUBLAW. from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  110. ^ "Scott Morrison announces new ministry". ABC News. 26 August 2018. from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  111. ^ Wiggins, Nick (19 May 2019). "Election 2019 result sees Peter Dutton victory amid Labor wipe-out in Queensland". ABC. from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  112. ^ Remeikis, Amy (17 January 2019). "Peter Dutton tops GetUp's 'hard right' hit list for federal election". The Guardian. from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  113. ^ Chang, Charis; Molly, Shannon (17 January 2019). "GetUp survey identifies Peter Dutton as Australia's most unwanted hard-right politician". News.com.au. from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  114. ^ a b Northingham, Brad (21 May 2019). "GetUp to get what's coming, says Peter Dutton". The Australian.
  115. ^ Josh Butler (6 May 2019). "Inside GetUp's Ambitious Campaign To Crush Dutton And The Liberal Right". Channel 10. from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  116. ^ "Scott Morrison moves Christian Porter, Linda Reynolds and Peter Dutton in Cabinet reshuffle". ABC News. 29 March 2021. from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  117. ^ Massola, James; Galloway, Anthony (21 May 2021). "'We are not pursuing a woke agenda': Dutton bans special morning teas at Defence after IDAHOBIT". The Sydney Morning Herald. from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  118. ^ "Australia Says Last Troops Withdrawn From Afghanistan". Voice of America. 11 July 2021. from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  119. ^ "Australia will support US response if China attacks Taiwan: Australian defense chief". Taiwan News. 25 October 2021.
  120. ^ "Former Australian PM Paul Keating criticises Liz Truss over 'demented' China comments". The Guardian. 24 January 2022.
  121. ^ Karp, Paul; Australian Associated Press (16 June 2021). "Peter Dutton to enter court-ordered mediation with Shane Bazzi in tweet defamation case". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  122. ^ Whitbourn, Michaela (20 August 2021). "Mediation fails in Peter Dutton's defamation suit over tweet". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  123. ^ "Peter Dutton to be sole witness in defamation case against refugee activist". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  124. ^ Karp, Paul (24 November 2021). "Peter Dutton wins defamation case against refugee activist Shane Bazzi over tweet". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  125. ^ Knaus, Christopher (17 May 2022). "Shane Bazzi wins appeal in defamation case over Peter Dutton tweet". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  126. ^ Whitbourn, Michaela (17 May 2022). "Appeal court overturns Peter Dutton's $35,000 defamation win over tweet". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  127. ^ "The winners and losers of the federal election". ABC News. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  128. ^ "Peter Dutton elected new Liberal Party leader, Sussan Ley becomes deputy leader". ABC News. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  129. ^ "Australia's female Speaker repeatedly called 'Mr'". BBC News. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  130. ^ Yu, Andi (1 April 2023). "Labor snatches historic victory in Aston by-election in Melbourne's outer east". ABC News.
  131. ^ "Peter Dutton says he 'accepts responsibility' for devastating Aston by-election defeat". ABC News. April 2023.
  132. ^ Thompson, Angus; Sakkal, Paul (5 April 2023). "Liberal Party to oppose government's Voice to parliament". The Age. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  133. ^ "Former Indigenous Australians minister Ken Wyatt ends Liberal Party membership over Voice to Parliament stance". ABC News. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  134. ^ "Shadow Attorney-General Julian Leeser quits Liberal frontbench to support Voice to Parliament". ABC News. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  135. ^ Butler, Josh (12 April 2023). "Simon Birmingham the latest Liberal party frontbencher who will not campaign against Indigenous voice". Guardian Australia. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  136. ^ "Peter Dutton unveils new Coalition frontbench in wake of Julian Leeser's resignation over Voice to Parliament". ABC News. 18 April 2023.
  137. ^ Massola, James (1 December 2015). "Peter Dutton supersedes Scott Morrison as Liberal Party's conservative champion". The Sydney Morning Herald. from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  138. ^ Knott, Matthew (8 February 2017). "More than Cory Bernardi: Why right wing politics is fracturing in Australia". The Sydney Morning Herald. from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  139. ^ Massola, James (21 March 2021). "Who's who in the Liberals' left, right and centre factions?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  140. ^ Aiton, Doug (4 January 2016). "Fifteen things you didn't know about Peter Dutton". The New Daily. from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  141. ^ "Peter Dutton – next Liberal leader?". Media Watch. 6 March 2017. from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  142. ^ Albrechtsen, Janet (22 July 2017). "Peter Dutton: the Liberal leader Australia deserves". The Australian. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  143. ^ "Australia's Turnbull Digs in as Rival Dutton Seeks Leadership". Bloomberg. 22 August 2018. from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  144. ^ "Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull threatens to quit parliament if party doesn't back him as battle for leadership deepens". South China Morning Post. 23 August 2018. from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  145. ^ "Turnbull's future hangs in the balance". The Straits Times. 24 August 2018. from the original on 25 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  146. ^ "Peter Dutton sees 'parliament as a disadvantage for governments'". Sky News Australia. 9 December 2018. from the original on 4 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  147. ^ Karp, Paul (3 January 2018). "Peter Dutton says Victorians scared to go out because of 'African gang violence'". The Guardian. from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  148. ^ Law, James (4 January 2018). "Dutton ridiculed for saying Melburnians were 'scared to go out'". News.com.au. from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  149. ^ Cadzow, Jane (26 May 2017). "Peter Dutton: 'I'm just not impacted by that hatred'". Brisbane Times. from the original on 27 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  150. ^ "Dutton wants US-style pledge of loyalty for Aussie kids". The West Australian. 21 February 2018.
  151. ^ "Dutton proposes civics 'pledge' for schoolchildren, immigration changes". SBS News.
  152. ^ https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/peter-dutton-flags-australian-values-pledge-updated-citizenship-test-as-home-affairs-priorities/news-story/1a13c7f0a48c43755226f2a31a4418c0[bare URL]
  153. ^ "Interview with Laura Jayes, Sky News". Australian Department of Defence. 9 June 2021. from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  154. ^ Karp, Paul (26 September 2019). "Peter Dutton: government may override 'dangerous' ACT decision to legalise cannabis". The Guardian. from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  155. ^ a b Smethurst, Annika (2 April 2017). "Peter Dutton put on spot over same-sex marriage by lesbian at restaurant". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  156. ^ a b Matthew Knott (22 March 2017). "Peter Dutton working behind the scenes to legislate same-sex marriage before CEO spray". The Sydney Morning Herald. from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  157. ^ Dutton, Peter (16 March 2017). "Interview with Ray Hadley, Radio 2GB-4BC". The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  158. ^ Dutton, Peter (18 March 2017). "Address to the LNP State Council, Cairns". The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  159. ^ "Peter Dutton MP, Dickson (OpenAustralia.org)". openaustralia.org.au. from the original on 30 April 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  160. ^ "House of Representatives – Hansard". Record of Proceedings (Hansard). Australia: Australian House of Representatives. 7 December 2017. p. 13143-13145.
  161. ^ Grattan, Michelle (19 March 2017). "Free speech? It depends who you are, in Peter Dutton's view". The Conversation. from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  162. ^ Keneally, Kristina (20 March 2017). "Peter Dutton shines as a minister when his opponents can't be heard". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  163. ^ "Peter Dutton slapped down over comments on the gay marriage debate". News.com.au. 19 March 2017. from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  164. ^ "Man launched pie at Qantas chief Alan Joyce 'to oppose gay marriage'". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 May 2017. from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  165. ^ "'Stick to your knitting': Dutton tells CEO's to stay out of gay marriage". News.com.au. 19 March 2017. from the original on 4 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  166. ^ Barber, Laurence (10 May 2017). "Qantas CEO Alan Joyce Attacked With Pie Over Marriage Equality". Star Observer. from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  167. ^ Dutton, Peter [@PeterDutton_MP] (9 May 2017). "The attack on Alan Joyce today was a disgrace" (Tweet). from the original on 22 June 2017 – via Twitter.
  168. ^ "Dutton says pro and anti-same sex marriage songs should be performed at NRL final after Macklemore controversy". SBS News. 28 September 2017.
  169. ^ Burke, Matt [@matttburke] (1 June 2022). "The footage of Peter Dutton suggesting that an anti same-sex marriage song be performed in response to Macklemore's 'Same Love' at the 2017 NRL Grand Final is somehow dumber than I remembered" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  170. ^ "Controversial Australian Minister Dutton the next prime minister, or the great divider?". News24. 22 March 2018. from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  171. ^ "South African group under fire for lobbying US for white rights". Al Jazeera. 15 May 2018. from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  172. ^ "Trump and the man trying to topple Australia's government share an affinity for helping South Africa's white farmers". Quartz. 23 August 2018. from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  173. ^ Chung, Frank (21 May 2017). "South Africans trapped 'like frogs in boiling water' as racial violence escalates". News.com.au. from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  174. ^ Fallon, Amy (17 March 2018). "White South African farmers dig in against deadly 'persecution'". The Sydney Morning Herald. from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  175. ^ "The truth about white farmers in South Africa – and why the right is obsessed with them". The Independent. 23 August 2018. from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  176. ^ "South Africa: The groups playing on the fears of a 'white genocide'". BBC. 1 September 2018. from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  177. ^ a b "Peter Dutton labelled 'racist' by Richard Di Natale over call to bring white South African farmers to Australia". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 16 March 2018. from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  178. ^ "How Peter Dutton made his millions". Queensland Times. from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  179. ^ Royce, Holly (23 August 2018). "Who is Kirilly Dutton? Meet Peter Dutton's wife and family". nowtolove.com.au. The Australian Women's Weekly.
  180. ^ "Peter Dutton – Liberal Party". liberal.org.au. Liberal Party. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  181. ^ "Our Campaigns – Candidate – Peter Dutton". ourcampaigns.com. from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  182. ^ Worthington, political correspondent Brett (13 March 2020). "Peter Dutton diagnosed with coronavirus". ABC News. from the original on 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  183. ^ "Australia minister tests positive for coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. from the original on 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  184. ^ Harris, Angus Livingston, Rob (13 March 2020). "Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has coronavirus". Brisbane Times. from the original on 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  185. ^ "Peter Dutton officially launches Liberal leadership campaign, reveals skin condition is alopecia - news.com.au".
  186. ^ "Dutton and Miles, long-time enemies, put politics aside for football". 7 May 2021.

External links

 
Wikiquote has quotations related to Peter Dutton.
  • Personal homepage
  • Search or browse Hansard for Peter Dutton at OpenAustralia.org
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Dickson
2001–present 		Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Workforce Participation
2004–2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Assistant Treasurer of Australia
2006–2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Health and Sport
2013–2014 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
2014–2018 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Home Affairs
2017–2021 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Defence
2021–2022 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Leader of the House
2021–2022 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Leader of the Opposition
2022–present 		Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Leader of the Liberal Party
2022–present 		Incumbent

May 19, 2023
peter, dutton, peter, craig, dutton, born, november, 1970, australian, politician, current, leader, opposition, holding, office, leader, liberal, party, australia, since, 2022, previously, served, minister, defence, from, 2021, 2022, minister, home, affairs, f. Peter Craig Dutton born 18 November 1970 is an Australian politician who is the current leader of the Opposition holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia since May 2022 He previously served as the minister for Defence from 2021 to 2022 and the minister for Home Affairs from 2017 to 2021 He has been a member of Parliament MP for the Queensland seat of Dickson since 2001 and has held ministerial portfolios in the federal governments of Howard Abbott Turnbull and Morrison The HonourablePeter DuttonMPDutton in 2022Leader of the OppositionIncumbentAssumed office 30 May 2022Prime MinisterAnthony AlbaneseDeputySussan LeyPreceded byAnthony Albanese15th Leader of the Liberal PartyIncumbentAssumed office 30 May 2022DeputySussan LeyPreceded byScott MorrisonMinister for DefenceIn office 30 March 2021 23 May 2022Prime MinisterScott MorrisonDeputyAndrew HastiePreceded byLinda ReynoldsSucceeded byRichard MarlesLeader of the HouseIn office 30 March 2021 23 May 2022Prime MinisterScott MorrisonPreceded byChristian PorterSucceeded byTony BurkeMinister for Home AffairsIn office 20 December 2017 30 March 2021Prime MinisterMalcolm TurnbullScott MorrisonPreceded byJason ClareSucceeded byKaren AndrewsMinister for Immigration and Border ProtectionIn office 23 December 2014 21 August 2018Prime MinisterTony AbbottMalcolm TurnbullPreceded byScott MorrisonSucceeded byDavid ColemanMinister for HealthIn office 18 September 2013 23 December 2014Prime MinisterTony AbbottPreceded byTanya PlibersekSucceeded bySussan LeyMinister for SportIn office 18 September 2013 23 December 2014Prime MinisterTony AbbottPreceded byDon FarrellSucceeded bySussan LeyAssistant Treasurer of AustraliaIn office 27 January 2006 3 December 2007Prime MinisterJohn HowardPreceded byMal BroughSucceeded byChris BowenMinister for Workforce ParticipationIn office 26 October 2004 27 January 2006Prime MinisterJohn HowardPreceded byFran BaileySucceeded bySharman StoneMember of the Australian Parliamentfor DicksonIncumbentAssumed office 10 November 2001Preceded byCheryl KernotPersonal detailsBornPeter Craig Dutton 1970 11 18 18 November 1970 age 52 Brisbane Queensland AustraliaPolitical partyLiberalSpouseKirilly Brumby m 2003 wbr Children3EducationQueensland University of Technology BBus WebsiteOfficial websitePolice careerAllegiance QueenslandDepartmentQueensland PoliceBranchNational Crime Authority Drug Squad Sex Offenders SquadService years1990 1999RankDetective Senior Constable a Dutton grew up in Brisbane He worked as a police officer in the Queensland Police for nearly a decade upon leaving school and later ran a construction business with his father He joined the Liberal Party as a teenager and was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2001 election aged 30 Following the 2004 election he was appointed as Minister for Employment Participation In January 2006 he was promoted to become Assistant Treasurer under Peter Costello After the defeat of the Liberal National Coalition at the 2007 election he was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Health a role he held for the next six years Upon the victory of the Coalition at the 2013 election Dutton was appointed Minister for Health and Minister for Sport He was moved to the role of Minister for Immigration and Border Protection in December 2014 where he played a key role in overseeing Operation Sovereign Borders He was kept in that position after Malcolm Turnbull replaced Tony Abbott as Prime Minister in September 2015 In December 2017 he was also given the restored role of Minister for Home Affairs heading a new super department with broad responsibilities brought together from other existing departments After the defeat of Abbott Dutton became widely seen as the leader of the conservative faction in the Liberal Party and began to be spoken of as a potential leader In August 2018 after a period of poor opinion polling for the Coalition Dutton unsuccessfully challenged Turnbull for the leadership He then was defeated by Scott Morrison in a second leadership ballot days later after Turnbull chose to resign He was retained as Minister for Home Affairs by Morrison later becoming Minister for Defence and Leader of the House in March 2021 He went on to succeed Morrison as party leader unopposed after the Coalition s defeat at the 2022 election becoming leader of the opposition He is the first Liberal leader to come from Queensland and the first leader since Alexander Downer to represent a seat outside of New South Wales Contents 1 Early years 1 1 Police career 1 2 Business activities 2 Howard government 2001 07 3 Opposition 2007 13 3 1 Attempted seat shift 4 Cabinet Minister 2013 22 4 1 Minister for Health 4 2 Minister for Immigration 2014 17 4 2 1 Illiterate refugee comments 4 2 2 Sarah Hanson Young spying incident 4 2 3 Au pair cases 4 2 4 Rising seas joke 4 2 5 Comments on Lebanese immigration 4 2 6 Manus Island 4 3 Minister for Home Affairs 2017 2021 4 3 1 South African farm attacks 4 3 2 Immigration from New Zealand 4 3 3 Anchor baby comments 4 3 4 Protests 4 3 5 Policing 4 3 6 Leadership challenges 4 3 7 2019 federal election 4 4 Minister for Defence 2021 22 4 4 1 Defamation case 5 Leader of the Opposition 2022 present 6 Political views 6 1 African gang violence comments 6 2 Negative gearing 6 3 Pledge of Allegiance 6 4 Legalisation of recreational cannabis 6 5 Same sex marriage 6 6 South African farmers 7 Personal life 8 Electoral performance 9 Notes 10 References 11 External linksEarly yearsDutton was born on 18 November 1970 in the northern Brisbane suburb of Boondall 1 He is the eldest of five children with one brother and three sisters His mother Ailsa Leitch worked in childcare and his father Bruce Dutton was a builder Dutton finished high school at the Anglican St Paul s School Bald Hills 2 He is the great great grandson of the pastoralist squatter and politician Charles Boydell Dutton 3 He is also a descendant of Captain Richard James Coley who was Queensland s first Sergeant at Arms who built Brisbane s first private dwelling and who gave evidence confirming the mass poisonings of Aboriginal Australians at Kilcoy in 1842 4 Dutton joined the Young Liberals in 1988 aged 18 He became the policy vice chair of the Bayside Young Liberals the following year and chair of the branch in 1990 At the 1989 Queensland state election the 19 year old Dutton ran unsuccessfully as the Liberal candidate against Tom Burns a former state Labor leader in the safe Labor seat of Lytton 2 5 Police career Upon leaving high school Dutton graduated from the Queensland Police Academy in 1990 He served as a Queensland Police officer for nearly a decade working in the drug squad in Brisbane in the early 1990s 6 7 He also worked in the sex offenders squad and with the National Crime Authority 8 In 1999 Dutton left the Queensland Police having achieved the rank of detective senior constable 2 9 10 Documentation filed in the District Court of Queensland in 2000 describes his resignation as being prompted by a loss of driving confidence resulting from an incident in August 1998 He was driving an unmarked Mazda 626 during a covert surveillance operation before rolling his car while in pursuit of an escaped prisoner who was driving erratically Dutton also suffered numerous physical injuries during the accident and as a result was hospitalised briefly and bedridden for a week He had sought damages of 250 000 from the escaped prisoner s insurance company but dropped the claim in 2005 11 Business activities On leaving the police Dutton completed a Bachelor of Business at the Queensland University of Technology 1 12 He and his father founded the business Dutton Holdings which was registered in 2000 it operated under six different trading and business names 13 The company bought renovated and converted buildings into childcare centres and in 2002 it sold three childcare centres to the now defunct ABC Learning ABC Learning continued when to pay rent of A 100 000 to Dutton Holdings 14 Dutton Holdings continues to trade under the name Dutton Building amp Development 13 when Howard government 2001 07 Dutton with Indian finance minister P Chidambaram at the 2006 Asian Development Bank board of governors AGM in Hyderabad Dutton was elected to the Division of Dickson at the 2001 election defeating Labor s Cheryl Kernot He was elevated to the ministry after the 2004 election as Minister for Workforce Participation a position he held until January 2006 He was then appointed Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Revenue He successfully retained Dickson at the 2007 election which saw the government lose office However his margin was reduced to just 217 votes more than Labor s Fiona McNamara 15 Opposition 2007 13 Following the 2007 election Dutton was promoted to shadow cabinet by the new Liberal leader Brendan Nelson as Shadow Minister for Finance Competition Policy and Deregulation 16 In 2008 he chose not to be present in the chamber during the apology to the Stolen Generations which enjoyed bipartisan support 12 He said I regarded it as something which was not going to deliver tangible outcomes to kids who are being raped and tortured in communities in the 21st century 17 Later in a 2014 interview with the Sydney Morning Herald Dutton said he regretted boycotting the apology I underestimated the symbolic and cultural significance of it 2 In September 2008 Nelson was replaced as Liberal leader by Malcolm Turnbull who appointed Dutton as Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing He retained that position when Tony Abbott succeeded Turnbull as leader in December 2009 18 In June 2010 Dutton released the Coalition s mental health policy The Australian described it as the most significant announcement by any political party in relation to a targeted evidence based investment in mental health 19 but not all experts agreed 20 Dutton retained his seat with a positive swing at the 2010 federal election despite an unfavourable redistribution In the lead up to the 2013 federal election he announced a range of Coalition health policies which were received favourably by industry groups The Australian Medical Association said the Coalition has delivered a strong package of practical affordable health policies that would strengthen general practice 21 while Cancer Council Australia said that Dutton s promise to finalise the bowel cancer screening program by 2020 would save an additional 35 000 lives over the next 40 years 22 Attempted seat shift As the 2010 election approached it looked like Dutton would lose to the Labor candidate due to a redistribution of division boundaries that had erased his majority and made Dickson notionally Labor To safeguard himself Dutton sought pre selection for the merged Liberal National Party in the safe Liberal seat of McPherson on the Gold Coast despite not living in or near McPherson 23 Some constituents complained The abandoning of a seat by a sitting MP halfway through a parliamentary term to contest pre selection in a seat over 100 kilometres to the south is not looked upon favourably 24 Dutton lost the McPherson pre selection to Karen Andrews reportedly due to misgivings from former Nationals in the area 25 He then asked the LNP to deliver him a seat for which he does not have to fight other preselection candidates Liberal MP Alex Somlyay the chief Opposition whip of the time said that Dutton s expectation of an uncontested preselection was unusual 26 When the state executive did not provide Dutton an unchallenged preselection Dutton reluctantly returned to campaign for the seat of Dickson 27 28 In the election he won the seat with a 5 9 swing towards him 29 Cabinet Minister 2013 22 See also Abbott government and Turnbull government Minister for Health Dutton retained his seat at the 2013 election He was appointed to the new ministry by Prime Minister Tony Abbott as Minister for Health and Minister for Sport 1 As Health Minister Dutton announced the 20 billion Medical Research Future Fund As announced the capital and any ongoing capital gains of the Medical Research Future Fund will be preserved in perpetuity citation needed Under Dutton projected funding in the health portfolio increased in the 2014 15 Budget to 66 9 billion an increase of 7 5 percent from 62 2 billion in 2012 13 the final full year of the Labor government Projected expenditure on Medicare increased over 9 5 percent from 18 5 billion in 2012 13 under Labor to a projected 20 32 billion in 2014 15 under Dutton 30 31 Funding for public hospital services increased by nearly 14 percent under Dutton in the 2014 15 Budget to a projected 15 12 billion compared to 13 28 billion in the last full year of the Labor government in 2012 13 In a 2015 poll by Australian Doctor magazine based on votes from over 1 100 doctors Dutton was voted the worst health minister in the last 35 years by 46 percent of respondents 32 Minister for Immigration 2014 17 Dutton left meeting with EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos in 2016 On 23 December 2014 Dutton was sworn in as the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection after a cabinet reshuffle 33 In September 2015 Dutton cancelled the visa of anti abortion activist Troy Newman over remarks in his 2000 book Their Blood Cries Out 34 35 In 2016 News Corp Sunday political editor Samantha Maiden wrote a column critical of Jamie Briggs 36 Dutton drafted a text message to Briggs describing Maiden as a mad fucking witch but inadvertently sent it to Maiden 37 Maiden accepted an apology from Dutton 38 39 Illiterate refugee comments Before the 2016 election Dutton said of refugees many won t be numerate or literate in their own language let alone English 40 and These people would be taking Australian jobs 40 Turnbull defended Dutton by stating he is an outstanding Immigration Minister 40 Against a statewide swing against the government of 2 9 points Dutton s margin fell from 6 7 to 1 6 points leaving him with a margin of fewer than 3 000 votes against Labor candidate Linda Lavarch 41 Sarah Hanson Young spying incident On 5 June 2015 Dutton denied claims made by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson Young that she was spied on during a visit to Nauru At the same time he called into question her credibility saying I have evidence that Senator Hanson Young over states every issue She gets her facts wrong most of the time And I just think you need to look at it in the light of experience with Senator Hanson Young If she s got evidence produce it 42 He also claimed that What Sarah Hanson Young is about is publicity She loves the camera and she loves to see her own name in the paper That s the start and finish of Sarah Hanson Young 43 Hanson Young responded that Peter Dutton can attack and insult me as much as he likes but nothing will change the fact that my work has revealed systemic child abuse and the rape of young women on Nauru under his watch 43 The spying claims were later confirmed by the Immigration Department and Wilson Security who carried out the spying operation 44 Au pair cases Dutton third from right at an Australian citizenship ceremony in 2017 In June 2015 an au pair who was detained at Brisbane Airport made a phone call and had her tourist visa reinstated In November in a second case Dutton granted a visa to another au pair despite his department warning him that she was at risk of breaching her work conditions on her tourist visa Dutton indicated that he knew neither tourist In August 2018 Roman Quaedvlieg indicated that he had personal knowledge of one of the cases and was seeking to correct Hansard if it did not match his knowledge 45 A third au pair was granted a visa due to lobbying by AFL chief Gillon McLachlan she was due to stay with his relative Callum Maclachlan Dutton s department again warned him there were indications that she was intending to work for Callum s family 46 A Senate inquiry into two of the cases published a report on 11 September 2018 47 It recommended that the Senate consider censuring the Minister for Home Affairs the Hon Peter Dutton MP for failing to observe fairness in making official decisions as required by the Statement of Ministerial Standards 48 Rising seas joke On 11 September 2015 Dutton was overheard on an open microphone before a community meeting on Syrian refugees joking about rising sea levels in the Pacific Islands saying Time doesn t mean anything when you re about to have water lapping at your door 49 Dutton initially refused to apologise saying it was a private conversation but later apologised 50 The Foreign Minister of the Marshall Islands at the time Tony deBrum responded by writing insensitivity knows no bounds in the big polluting island down south and the Next time waves are battering my home and my kids are scared I will ask Peter Dutton to come over and he is still probably laughing 51 Comments on Lebanese immigration In November 2016 Dutton said it was a mistake by the Malcolm Fraser administration to have admitted Lebanese Muslim immigrants 52 Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Dutton was making a specific point about those charged with terrorism offences He made it quite clear that he respects and appreciates the contribution that the Lebanese community make in Australia 53 Manus Island On 15 April 2017 shots were fired by the Papua New Guinea defence force into the Manus Island Detention Centre Dutton responded saying There was difficulty as I understand it in the community There was an alleged incident where three asylum seekers were alleged to be leading a local five year old boy back toward the facility and there was a lot of angst around that if you like within the local PNG community I think there was concern about why the boy was being led or for what purpose he was being led away back into the regional processing centre So I think it s fair to say that the mood had elevated quite quickly I think some of the local residents were quite angry about this particular incident and another alleged sexual assault 54 However the regional police commander on Manus Island said a young boy who was 10 not five had gone to the centre two weeks earlier to ask for food He said It s a total separate incident altogether 55 The Greens senator Nick McKim said Dutton had been caught telling an outrageous lie This has disturbing echoes of the children overboard affair lies 55 On 31 October 2017 the Papuan Government closed down the Manus Island regional processing centre However 600 men residing in the processing centre refused to be moved to alternative accommodation in the town of Lorengau and staged a protest Dutton defended the closure of the processing centre and asserted that the Papuan authorities had given notice of the camp s impending closure in May 2017 He also rejected Australian Greens Senator Nick McKim s report that there was no safe alternative accommodation available as false and claimed McKim was inciting trouble 56 Following a prolonged standoff with Papuan security forces the remaining men were evacuated many forcibly to new accommodation 57 Arrangements have been made to resettle an unspecified number of the asylum seekers in the United States The others will be moved to either a different part of Papua New Guinea or a different country 58 59 In mid November 2017 Dutton rejected an offer by the newly elected New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to resettle 150 asylum seekers from the Manus Island detention centre in New Zealand and warned that it would have repercussions for the two countries bilateral relations He also claimed that New Zealand s offer would encourage people smugglers Dutton also criticised a New Zealand offer to provide 3 million for services for asylum seekers on Manus and Nauru as a waste of money that could be spent elsewhere such as displaced people in Indonesia In addition Dutton criticised Australia s Opposition Leader Bill Shorten s call for Australia to accept the New Zealand offer as an attempt to appease the Labor Left with cheap political stunts and mealy mouthed words 60 61 Minister for Home Affairs 2017 2021 Dutton second from right announcing the creation of the new Home Affairs portfolio in July 2017 On 20 December 2017 Dutton was appointed the Minister for Home Affairs with responsibilities of overseeing the Department of Home Affairs which was established on 20 December 2017 by Administrative Arrangement Order The Home Affairs portfolio is a major re arrangement of national security law enforcement emergency management transport security border control and immigration functions South African farm attacks Main article South African farm attacks Australia In March 2018 Dutton made calls to treat white South African farmers as refugees stating that they need help from a civilised country 62 63 However his offer was rejected by Afrikaner rights organisation AfriForum which stated that the future of Afrikaners was in Africa as well as by the survivalist group the Suidlanders which took credit for bringing the issue of a purported white genocide to international attention and for Dutton s decision 64 65 and was met with regret by the South African foreign ministry 66 The Australian High Commissioner was subsequently summoned by the South African foreign ministry which expressed its offence at Dutton s statements and demanded a full retraction 67 68 His proposal got support from some of his party s backbenchers and Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm 69 with Leyonhjelm later clarifying that he thought that South African farmers should be admitted under existing visa programmes and could not be regarded as refugees 70 National Party of Australia MP Andrew Broad warned that the mass migration of South African farmers would result in food shortages in South Africa 71 Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema encouraged white farmers to take up Dutton s offer 72 After initially leaving the door open to changes Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop subsequently ruled out any special deals for white South African farmers emphasising the non discriminatory nature of Australia s humanitarian visa programme 73 In a subsequent interview Dutton vowed to push forward with his plans saying that his critics were dead to me 74 In April 2018 it emerged that Dutton s department had previously blocked asylum applications by a white farmer and another white South African woman with the decisions upheld by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal 75 Immigration from New Zealand Dutton right at the swearing in of Michael Outram as Commissioner of the Australian Border Force in May 2018 As both Immigration Minister and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has defended an amendment to the Migration Act 1958 that facilitates the denial or cancellation of Australian visas for non citizens on character grounds This stringent character test also affects non citizens who have lived most of their lives in Australia or who have families living in the country 76 New Zealand nationals living in Australia were disproportionately affected by this character test with over 1 300 New Zealanders having been deported from Australia in the period between January 2015 and July 2018 77 78 According to a Home Affairs Department report 620 New Zealanders had their visas cancelled on character grounds in 2017 alone 79 In July 2017 Dutton s Department of Immigration and Border Protection introduced a special Skilled Independent subclass 189 visa to provide a pathway for New Zealanders holding a Special Category Visa to acquire Australian citizenship The visa requires NZ nationals to have held a Special Category Visa for five years and to maintain an annual income of 53 900 Between 60 000 and 80 000 New Zealanders residing in Australia are eligible for the Skilled Independent subclass 189 visa By February 2018 1 512 skilled independent visas had been issued by late February 2018 with another 7 500 visas still being processed 80 81 The Skilled Independent subclass 189 visa was criticised by Australian Greens Senator Nick McKim as a stealth means of favouring English speaking white and wealthy migrants 81 In February 2018 Dutton used his discretionary powers as Minister of Home Affairs to deport New Zealander Caleb Maraku on the grounds that he breached the character test provision of the Migration Act 1958 Maraku had been sentenced to 12 months probation for committing a one punch attack on another youth in Queensland s Gold Coast in November 2017 Maraku s perceive lenient sentencing and insensitive behaviour following his sentence had drawn substantial media and public attention including a 50 000 strong petition calling for his deportation 82 83 84 In response to Maraku s case Dutton stated It s no different to being invited into somebody s home you don t start assaulting the residents of that house you don t start assaulting Australian citizens and if you do you are shown the door 83 In early July 2018 Dutton ordered the deportation of controversial New Zealand Baptist Pastor Logan Robertson who had disrupted services at two mosques in Kuraby and Darra in Brisbane Dutton approved Robertson s visa cancellation on the grounds that he had violated the conditions of his visa stating that we have a wonderful tradition in our country of freedom of speech but we re not going to tolerate people going to a place of worship and harassing others 85 86 87 Robertson had early drawn controversy in New Zealand for his homophobic remarks and opposition to same sex marriage 88 In mid July 2018 Dutton s immigration character test became the subject of a controversial Australian Broadcasting Corporation documentary entitled Don t Call Australia Home focusing on New Zealanders who had been deported from Australia 77 In response Dutton issued a tweet defending his deportation policy and claiming that deporting 184 bikies saved Australia A 116 million 89 90 In response the New Zealand Minister of Justice Andrew Little who also appeared in the documentary criticised Australia s deportation laws for lacking humanitarian ideals 91 The documentary s release also coincided with the release of a 17 year old New Zealand youth from an Australian detention centre which had caused friction between the two governments 92 In response Dutton defended his Government s policy of deporting non citizen criminals and chastised New Zealand for not contributing enough to assist Australian naval patrols intercepting the people smugglers 93 Dutton and Indonesia s chief security minister Wiranto in November 2018In mid July 2019 Dutton defended Australia s right to deport criminal non citizens in response to concerns raised by the visiting New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stating We need to stand up for Australians And the New Zealand prime minister is rightly doing that for her people But where we ve got Australian citizens who are falling victim in certain circumstances where people are sexually offending against children for example we ve had a big push to try to deport those paedophiles 94 95 In response Professor Patrick Keyzer and Dave Martin of La Trobe University criticized Dutton s pedophilia remarks as misleading and contended that most deportees from Australia had spent most of their lives in Australia and had little ties to New Zealand 96 Anchor baby comments In September 2019 Dutton called the two children of the Biloela family anchor babies 97 98 Protests In October and November 2019 Dutton expressed his views on protesters and police response He stated that when protesters break the law There needs to be mandatory or minimum sentences imposed A community expectation is that these people are heavily fined or jailed He also agreed with an on air statement made by conservative 2GB radio presenter Ray Hadley that protesters should not receive social security payments Leader of the Australian Greens Richard Di Natale responded by saying that Peter Dutton doesn t know what living in a democracy means and claimed that he s starting to sound more like a dictator than he is an elected politician Because somebody says something that he doesn t like that he doesn t support he s saying we re going to strip away income support 99 In November 2019 Dutton said that the States should make protesters pay for the cost of police response to demonstrations 100 He said of protesters For many of them they don t even believe in democracy These people are completely against our way of life These people can protest peacefully as many people do but the disruption that they seek to cause the disharmony that they seek to sow within our society is unacceptable 100 Policing In December 2019 Dutton announced that airport security measures were to be increased to detect deter and respond to potential threats to aviation safety Measures include greater use of canines and the deployment of extra protective services personnel armed with MK18 short barreled rifles Dutton appeared in a video alongside police personnel to announce the policy sparking criticism of the potential use of police for political purposes 101 In March 2019 the Australian Federal Police Association had claimed that the AFP should be removed from the Department of Home Affairs to preserve its integrity and its ability to carry out investigations without government influence Association president Angela Smith described it as an embarrassing situation We look the least independent police force in Australia surely the other police forces are laughing at us 102 Leadership challenges Main article Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills 2018 On 21 August 2018 Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called a snap ballot of the leadership of the Liberal Party following several days of feverish leadership speculation of which Dutton was at the centre 103 Dutton responded to Turnbull s ballot call by formally challenging for the leadership of the party and won 35 of 83 votes available 7 short of a majority 104 Dutton then resigned from the Ministry despite being offered by Turnbull to retain his position of Minister for Home Affairs and the media speculated that Dutton and his conservative backers in the party were likely to challenge for the leadership again in the near future 105 Three days later Dutton called for another leadership spill and Malcolm Turnbull tendered his resignation to the Governor General Dutton was defeated by Treasurer and Acting Home Affairs Minister Scott Morrison by 45 votes to 40 Dutton representing Australia at the 2018 Sub Regional Meeting on Counter Terrorism in Indonesia Doubts surrounding Dutton s eligibility to be elected to parliament emerged on the grounds of section 44 v of the Australian Constitution as the family trust owned by Dutton operated a child care centre that received over 5 6 million in funding from the Commonwealth Government in a situation similar to Bob Day s case Although Dutton had received legal advice stating that he was not in breach of section 44 v Labor had received contrary advice at Turnbull s request the Attorney General referred the matter to the Solicitor General 106 On 23 August Labor attempted to move a motion to refer Dutton s eligibility as an MP to the High Court in a similar manner to referrals made during the recent parliamentary citizenship crisis The motion failed by 69 votes to 68 107 On 24 August the Solicitor General advised that in terms of section 44 v Dutton was not incapable of sitting as an MP although he added that he had been provided with limited factual information and that owing to differences of judicial opinion in earlier decisions of the High Court on section 44 v Dutton s legal position could not be entirely clear without a referral to the High Court 108 109 Dutton was reappointed to his former Home Affairs portfolio by Scott Morrison in the Morrison Ministry however responsibility for Immigration was stripped from the role and was assigned to David Coleman 110 2019 federal election Dutton was re elected at the 2019 federal election 111 The political think tank GetUp identified Dutton as Australia s most unwanted hard right politician after surveying more than 30 000 members 112 113 GetUp mounted a campaign in an attempt to defeat Dutton in Dickson 114 In response Dutton said GetUp was deceptive undemocratic and unrepresentative and that he would back parliamentary processes to bring the activist group to heel 114 GetUp has defended the effectiveness of its campaigning in Dutton s electorate 115 Minister for Defence 2021 22 Dutton with Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne U S Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U S Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Washington D C on 16 September 2021 In March 2021 Dutton was appointed Minister for Defence 116 On 21 May 2021 Dutton directed the department and serving military personnel to stop pursuing a woke agenda and cease holding events to mark the International Day Against Homophobia Biphobia Interphobia and Transphobia where staff wore rainbow clothing 117 On 11 July 2021 Dutton announced the end of Australia s military presence in Afghanistan 118 In October 2021 Dutton said Australia will back up any U S effort to defend Taiwan if China attacks 119 In November 2021 he branded the former Prime Minister Paul Keating as Grand Appeaser Comrade Keating 120 Defamation case On 16 June 2021 in the Federal Court Justice Richard White ordered Dutton to attend mediation over a defamation suit he brought against refugee activist Shane Bazzi over a tweet calling him a rape apologist 121 In August 2020 it was announced this mediation had failed 122 123 On 24 November 2021 White ruled in Dutton s favour and awarded 35 000 in defamation damages but refused Dutton s bid for an injunction to prevent Bazzi tweeting about him 124 This decision was overturned on 17 May 2022 by the Full Court of the Federal Court which found that the words rape apologist taken in the context of the whole message together with the Guardian article to which it was linked referred to Dutton s attitude not to rape itself but toward claims of having been raped and accordingly did not amount to defamation 125 126 Leader of the Opposition 2022 present Main article Shadow ministry of Peter Dutton The Coalition was defeated at the 2022 federal election with Dutton retaining his seat despite a swing against him 127 After Scott Morrison resigned as leader of the Liberal Party Dutton was elected unopposed as the new leader with Sussan Ley elected as deputy 128 In parliament in December 2022 Dutton repeatedly after multiple corrections referred incorrectly to Sharon Claydon as Mr Speaker 129 On 1 April 2023 a by election was held in the seat of Aston triggered by the resignation of Liberal MP Alan Tudge In a surprise result the Labor candidate Mary Doyle won the election marking the first time since 1920 that an Australian government had won a by election from the opposition 130 Having said during the campaign that the result would be a verdict on the leaders Dutton said afterwards that he accepted responsibility for the result but still deserved to remain Liberal leader 131 In April 2023 Dutton announced that the Liberal Party would be opposing the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum Although members of the Liberal frontbench will be forced to adopt this position party backbenchers are free to campaign for the referendum 132 Dutton s stance on the refendrum was immediately met with opposition from within the Liberal Party On 6 April former Liberal MP Ken Wyatt resigned from the party in protest 133 The following week shadow Attorney General Julian Leeser quit the Liberal frontbench and moved to the backbenches so he could freely campaign in favour of the referendum 134 The next day Simon Birmingham the leader of the Liberal Party in the Senate also announced that he would not be adopting the party position 135 Dutton following a shadow cabinet reshuffle announced that Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price will be appointed as the shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians on 18th April 2023 136 Political viewsDutton is aligned with the National Right faction of the Liberal Party 137 138 139 which he leads 140 141 142 He has been described as a right wing populist 143 144 145 Dutton is opposed to an Australian republic 2 In December 2018 Dutton told Sky News that for the prior seventeen years he had regarded parliament as a disadvantage for sitting governments 146 African gang violence comments In January 2018 Dutton said that people in Melbourne are scared of going out because of gang violence involving African Australians 147 but was ridiculed for it by people who live in Melbourne 148 Negative gearing Dutton opposes any changes to negative gearing which offers tax breaks to property investors saying in May 2017 that changing it would harm the economy He owns six properties with his wife including a shopping centre in Townsville 149 Pledge of Allegiance In 2018 Dutton said he supports Australian school kids taking the Oath of Allegiance in schools as is done by new Australian citizens 150 151 152 Legalisation of recreational cannabis Dutton is against the legalisation of cannabis and has described it as a gateway drug in June 2021 153 After the Australian Capital Territory ACT decriminalised the recreational use of cannabis in September 2019 Dutton condemned the new laws as unconscionable trendy and dangerous 154 Same sex marriage Dutton opposes same sex marriage 155 In March 2017 it was reported in The Sydney Morning Herald that Dutton said privately it was inevitable that same sex marriage would become law in Australia so it would be better for the Coalition rather than Labor to control the process 156 Dutton s actions publicly have been in opposition to same sex advocates In March 2017 31 CEOs signed a letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calling for a free vote in the Australian Parliament on same sex marriage In response to this letter on 16 March Dutton said that the CEOs shouldn t shove their views down our throats and that CEOs who were doing the wrong thing should be publicly shamed 157 Dutton repeated his criticism at a speech to the LNP State Council in Queensland on 18 March 158 The Herald then reported that the forcefulness of Mr Dutton s attack on corporate chief executives last week in which he told them to stick to their knitting has aroused suspicion among some colleagues who believed he was committed to achieving a breakthrough on same sex marriage 156 The following month The Daily Telegraph reported that Dutton was asked by a lesbian for clarification on his position and he told her he had been clear that he was against same sex marriage 155 In his political career Dutton has voted very strongly against same sex marriage 159 however he voted in favour of the Marriage Amendment Definition and Religious Freedoms Act 2017 which legalised same sex marriage in Australia 65 percent of his constituency voted Yes in the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey 160 Dutton s comments were heavily criticised as an attempt to censor expressions of support for same sex marriage with some commenters also accusing him of hypocrisy given his support for changing Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 161 Former New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally said that according to Dutton Free speech is great and should be expanded unless it s an Australian corporate CEO speaking about same sex marriage Then they need to shut up 162 Liberal MPs and ministers Julie Bishop and Simon Birmingham also expressed disagreement with Dutton s comments 163 On 9 May 2017 a 67 year old man pushed a pie into the face of Qantas CEO Alan Joyce while Joyce was speaking at a function in Perth The next day the assailant confirmed that the attack was to protest against Joyce s support for same sex marriage 164 Dutton had singled out Joyce in his criticism of pro same sex marriage CEOs 165 leading some LGBTI advocates to hold him partially responsible for the attack 166 Dutton condemned the attack on Twitter 167 On 28 September 2017 following the news that US rapper Macklemore would sing a pro marriage equality song at the NRL Grand Final Dutton said in the name of free speech that two songs should be played one for gay marriage and one against gay marriage 168 169 South African farmers Dutton supports the intake of white refugees fleeing the South African farm attacks 170 171 172 In 2018 amid pressure by the South African Australian community for a special immigration intake for their family members 173 174 he declared that Afrikaners required refugee status in Australia because of the high level of violent crime in South Africa and the horrific circumstances they face in South Africa 175 BBC News reported that the Suidlanders group s message of white genocide had resonated with Dutton prompting him to offer fast track visas to white South African farmers due to their being persecuted claiming they needed help from a civilised country 176 Australian Greens leader Richard Di Natale labelled the process of bringing white South African farmers to Australia as thoroughly racist 177 He also said that it would restore a semblance of policy similar to that enacted under the White Australia Policy 177 Personal lifeDutton married his first wife when he was 22 years of age the marriage ended after a few months 178 His eldest child a daughter was born in 2002 to another partner and split time between her parents in a shared parenting arrangement In 2003 Dutton married his second wife Kirilly nee Brumby 2 with whom he has two sons 179 180 181 On 13 March 2020 Dutton announced that he had tested positive for COVID 19 becoming one of the first high profile cases of the pandemic in Australia 182 183 184 Dutton suffers from the skin condition alopecia totalis 185 Dutton supports the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League but also backed the eventually successful membership bid for a second Brisbane team in the league the Dolphins 186 Electoral performanceGraphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues Two party preferred performance of Dutton in his seat of Dickson Electoral history Election Division First preference Two party vote2001 Dickson 45 58 55 97 2004 Dickson 52 09 57 83 2007 Dickson 46 15 50 13 2010 Dickson 48 96 55 13 2013 Dickson 48 01 56 72 2016 Dickson 44 56 51 60 2019 Dickson 45 93 54 64 2022 Dickson 42 58 51 93 Notes This was the highest rank Dutton achieved prior to leaving the Queensland Police References a b c Hon Peter Dutton MP Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia Retrieved 7 November 2021 a b c d e f Madonna King 9 August 2014 Good Cop Bad Cop Archived from the original on 19 February 2017 Retrieved 9 May 2016 Bartlett Samuel 6 December 2021 Everything you need to know about Peter Dutton Yahoo News Retrieved 4 June 2022 Langevad Gerry 1 January 1979 Captain Coley Queensland s first Sergeant at Arms Royal Historical Society of Queensland archived from the original on 7 May 2021 retrieved 22 March 2021 Peter Dutton Dickson 13 February 2002 Maiden Speech peterdutton com au Archived from the original on 3 June 2017 via Hansard pp54 56 About Peter Dutton PetterDutton com au Archived from the original on 9 May 2015 Retrieved 21 December 2014 Federal Election 2013 Dickson Results Australian Broadcasting Corporation 11 October 2013 Archived from the original on 12 January 2015 The Bolt Report Whooshkaa Sky News Archived from the original on 22 February 2017 Gothe Snape Jackson 11 May 2019 Divided by politics but united by trauma ABC News Peter Dutton tough cop on the beat for new Home Affairs The Australian 19 July 2017 Machan Emma 11 May 2019 Examining why Peter Dutton left the force reveals a strange coincidence ABC News Archived from the original on 28 January 2020 Retrieved 1 January 2020 a b Misha Schubert 7 October 2009 To some he s the messiah to others a duplicitous polly Archived from the original on 12 March 2015 Retrieved 24 May 2014 a b ABN Lookup 1 November 2014 Archived from the original on 15 August 2000 Retrieved 3 June 2017 Reynolds Emma 23 August 2018 How Peter Dutton got rich news com au Profile of the electoral division of Dickson Australian Electoral Commission Archived from the original on 4 May 2017 Retrieved 3 June 2017 Nelson Shadow Ministry PDF Parliament of Australia Archived from the original on 19 May 2019 Retrieved 2 August 2016 Q amp A Conservatives Comedians and Political Correctness ABC ABC 15 March 2010 Archived from the original on 25 May 2017 Retrieved 4 June 2017 Turnbull Shadow Ministry PDF Parliament of Australia Archived PDF from the original on 26 June 2016 Retrieved 2 August 2016 Cresswell Adam Experts hail a policy game changer The Australian permanent dead link Hall Eleanor 17 August 2010 Health experts rate the parties policies Australian Broadcasting Corporation The World Today Interview with Jeff Kennett and John Dwyer Archived from the original on 8 March 2021 Retrieved 8 June 2019 Coalition has been listening on health policy AMA 22 August 2013 Archived from the original on 20 August 2016 Retrieved 2 August 2016 New Health Minister Peter Dutton set to save 35 000 Australian lives says Cancer Council Cancer Council Australia Archived from the original on 22 August 2016 Retrieved 2 August 2016 Calligeros Marissa 22 October 2009 Door knocking Dutton has work cut out The Sydney Morning Herald Archived from the original on 22 October 2021 Retrieved 3 June 2017 Constituents not happy about Dutton dumping Dickson Crikey 23 September 2009 Archived from the original on 10 December 2018 Retrieved 3 June 2017 Federal Election 2016 Dickson Archived from the original on 23 January 2020 Retrieved 13 March 2020 Grattan Michelle 7 October 2009 Dutton seeks seat without a struggle The Sydney Morning Herald Archived from the original on 1 December 2017 Retrieved 3 June 2017 Dutton to fight for Dickson ABC News 20 October 2009 Archived from the original on 25 February 2017 Retrieved 3 June 2017 Dickson Decides 23 October 2009 archived from the original on 23 March 2019 retrieved 3 June 2017 Dickson 2010 federal election ABC News 6 September 2010 Archived from the original on 8 March 2021 Retrieved 27 April 2021 Budget 2014 15 PDF Archived PDF from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 2 August 2016 Budget 2013 14 Archived from the original on 4 August 2016 Retrieved 2 August 2016 Peter Dutton ranked as worst health minister in 35 years in poll of doctors Guardian Australia 12 January 2015 Archived from the original on 2 February 2017 Retrieved 1 February 2017 New Abbott ministry sworn in by Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove The Sydney Morning Herald 23 December 2014 Archived from the original on 25 December 2014 Retrieved 20 February 2020 Troy Newman Head of U S Anti Abortion Group Is Held in Australia Over Canceled Visa The New York Times 2 October 2015 Archived from the original on 12 March 2016 Retrieved 3 March 2017 Troy Newman Claims He Never Called For Executing Abortionists Has He Read His Own Book October 2015 Archived from the original on 3 January 2016 Briggs booted for being fool www dailytelegraph com au 2 January 2016 Archived from the original on 1 March 2020 Retrieved 13 March 2020 Shalailah Medhora 4 January 2016 Peter Dutton apologises for calling journalist a mad witch in text message The Guardian Archived from the original on 25 March 2017 Retrieved 25 March 2017 Samantha Maiden says she is happy to accept Peter Dutton s apology ABC News 3 January 2016 Archived from the original on 7 January 2016 Retrieved 16 January 2016 Peter Dutton says sorry to journalist for mad witch text ABC News 3 January 2016 Archived from the original on 4 January 2016 Retrieved 4 January 2016 a b c Keany Francis Anderson Stephany 18 May 2016 Election 2016 Malcolm Turnbull backs outstanding Peter Dutton after refugee comments ABC News Archived from the original on 19 May 2016 Retrieved 31 May 2017 Tally Room Dickson QLD AEC Election Results Australian Electoral Commission 25 July 2016 Archived from the original on 31 May 2017 Retrieved 31 May 2017 Sarah Hanson Young labels Tony Abbott creepy over his response to Nauru spying allegations The Sydney Morning Herald 5 June 2015 Archived from the original on 24 February 2018 Retrieved 20 February 2020 a b Vickery Kara 25 August 2015 Sarah Hanson Young only interested in publicity says Immigration Minister Peter Dutton Herald Sun Archived from the original on 22 October 2021 Retrieved 4 June 2017 Immigration Department confirms Sarah Hanson Young was spied on The Age 10 June 2015 Archived from the original on 9 June 2015 Retrieved 9 June 2015 Martin Lisa 22 August 2018 Former border force head has knowledge of Dutton s au pair visa decision The Guardian Archived from the original on 28 August 2018 Retrieved 28 August 2018 Dutton prevented au pair s deportation after lobbying from AFL boss McLachlan ABC News 28 August 2018 Archived from the original on 28 August 2018 Retrieved 28 August 2018 Martin Lisa 23 August 2018 Senate inquiry to investigate Peter Dutton s au pair visa decision The Guardian Archived from the original on 29 August 2018 Retrieved 29 August 2018 Exercise of Ministerial Powers with Respect to the VISA Status of Au Pairs and Related Matters Report Recommendations Parliament of Australia Archived from the original on 1 January 2020 Retrieved 1 January 2020 Peter Dutton overheard joking about rising sea levels in Pacific Island nations ABC News 11 September 2015 Archived from the original on 11 September 2015 Retrieved 11 September 2015 Immigration Minister Peter Dutton apologises for vulgar climate change joke ABC News 13 September 2015 Archived from the original on 7 August 2018 Retrieved 8 May 2017 Waves are battering my home Marshall Islands Foreign Minister slams Peter Dutton after climate joke The Sydney Morning Herald 12 September 2015 Archived from the original on 24 February 2018 Retrieved 20 February 2020 Anderson Stephanie 21 November 2016 Peter Dutton suggests Fraser government made mistake by resettling Lebanese refugees ABC News Retrieved 8 November 2021 Julie Bishop defends Peter Dutton s comments on Lebanese immigration Nine com au 23 November 2016 Archived from the original on 25 November 2016 Retrieved 27 November 2016 Interview with David Speers Speers Tonight Sky News The Hon Peter Dutton MP Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Archived from the original on 13 June 2017 Retrieved 8 May 2017 a b Davidson Helen 21 April 2017 PNG police flatly reject Peter Dutton s account of Manus shooting The Guardian Archived from the original on 7 May 2017 Retrieved 8 May 2017 Fox Liam 31 October 2017 Manus Island detention centre to permanently close today 600 men refusing to leave ABC News Archived from the original on 18 July 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Baxendale Rachel Manus Island last of asylum seekers removed from detention centre The Australian Retrieved 30 November 2017 Why is the Manus detention centre being closed Al Jazeera 30 October 2017 Archived from the original on 20 July 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Meixler Eli 6 November 2017 What to Know About the Asylum Seeker Standoff on Manus Island Time Archived from the original on 19 July 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Belot Henry 6 November 2017 Malcolm Turnbull not accepting Jacinda Ardern s offer to resettle asylum seekers in NZ at this time Australian Broadcasting Corporation Archived from the original on 8 April 2020 Retrieved 19 July 2018 Carp Paul Roy Eleanor Ainge 17 November 2017 New Zealand seeks deal with Australia to resettle Manus and Nauru refugees The Guardian Archived from the original on 8 April 2020 Retrieved 19 July 2018 Gribbin Caitlyn Sara Sally 15 March 2018 Peter Dutton wants Australia to help white South African farmers who he says are facing violence land seizures ABC News Archived from the original on 10 July 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 McCulloch Daniel 14 March 2018 Peter Dutton looks to help persecuted white South African farmers The Sydney Morning Herald Archived from the original on 26 June 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Borman Jan 23 March 2018 SA conservative group takes credit for increased white genocide awareness News24 Archived from the original on 24 March 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Gedye Lloyd 23 March 2018 White genocide How the big lie spread to the US and beyond Mail amp Guardian Archived from the original on 5 April 2020 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Killalea Debra 16 March 2018 South Africa Peter Dutton s white farmer comments anger Pretoria news com au Archived from the original on 18 July 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Mtyala Quinton 15 March 2018 Dirco demands PeterDutton retract persecuted white farmer comments Independent Online Archived from the original on 16 July 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Mbaya Ndivhuwo White farmers Peter Dutton must retract remarks DIRCO politicsweb Archived from the original on 16 July 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Norman Jane 17 March 2018 Peter Dutton s white South African farmers resettlement gaining momentum ABC News Archived from the original on 20 July 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Bornman Jan 20 March 2018 SA would need to deteriorate markedly for white farmers to get refugee status Australian senator News24 Archived from the original on 17 July 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Barbour Lucy 22 March 2018 South Africa could face food shortage if white farmers migrate to Australia Federal MP Andrew Broad warns ABC News Archived from the original on 13 July 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Racists must go to Australia says Malema News24 21 March 2018 Archived from the original on 20 July 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Tillett Andrew 18 March 2018 Julie Bishop rules out special visa deal for South African farmers The Australian Financial Review Archived from the original on 28 June 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Critics are dead to me Aus minister Dutton pushes ahead with white SA farmer plan News24 22 March 2018 Archived from the original on 20 July 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Knaus Christopher Davidson Helen 13 April 2018 Peter Dutton s department blocked white South African farmer s asylum bid The Guardian Archived from the original on 23 June 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Migration Act 1958 Cth s 501 Refusal or cancellation of visa on character grounds a b Don t Call Australia Home Australian Broadcasting Corporation 17 July 2018 Archived from the original on 18 July 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 O Regan Slyvia Varnham 3 July 2018 Why New Zealand Is Furious About Australia s Deportation Policy The New York Times Archived from the original on 19 July 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Key visa cancellation statistics Department of Home Affairs Archived from the original on 20 July 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Goethe Snape Jackson 13 April 2018 Government s immigration tweak sees overseas Asians out integrated Kiwis in Australian Broadcasting Corporation Archived from the original on 18 July 2018 Retrieved 21 July 2018 a b Karp Paul 13 April 1018 Visa pathway for New Zealanders resident in Australia will cut migrant intake The Guardian Archived from the original on 20 July 2018 Retrieved 21 July 2018 Wolfe Natalie 19 February 2018 Coward punch Kiwi Caleb Maraku to be deported back to New Zealand The New Zealand Herald Archived from the original on 1 June 2021 Retrieved 14 January 2022 a b Clarke Harry 19 February 2018 F ing dogs Inside the arrest of one punch attacker Caleb Maraku Nine News Nine Entertainment Archived from the original on 8 March 2021 Retrieved 14 January 2022 Kerr Florence 22 February 2018 One punch deportee back to Waikato Stuff Archived from the original on 10 November 2020 Retrieved 14 January 2022 Crockford Toby 7 July 2018 NZ pastor to be deported from Australia after public nuisance charges Stuff co nz Archived from the original on 29 July 2018 Retrieved 29 July 2018 Small Zane 27 July 2018 Deported NZ pastor Logan Robertson shows no remorse for harassing sissy Muslims Newshub Archived from the original on 29 July 2018 Retrieved 29 July 2018 Deported NZ pastor Logan Robertson doesn t regret harassing Muslims The New Zealand Herald 29 July 2018 Archived from the original on 29 July 2018 Retrieved 29 July 2018 Bath Brooke 15 August 2017 Auckland pastor goes on rant says gay people should be shot Stuff co nz Archived from the original on 29 July 2018 Retrieved 29 July 2018 Khalil Shireen 19 July 2018 Program did not consider the impact on victims ABC slammed by MP over NZ deportation piece news com au Archived from the original on 19 July 2018 Retrieved 19 July 2018 Khalil Shireen 19 July 2018 No consideration for victims ABC slammed over NZ deportation programme The New Zealand Herald Archived from the original on 19 July 2018 Retrieved 19 July 2018 Justice Minister Andrew Little s tough words for Australia Newshub 19 July 2018 Archived from the original on 19 July 2018 Retrieved 19 July 2018 Bracewell Worrall Anna 17 July 2018 Kiwi minor released from Australian adults detention centre Newshub Archived from the original on 19 July 2018 Retrieved 19 July 2018 Bennett Lucy 20 July 2018 Peter Dutton vows to continue deportations following criticism from Andrew Little The New Zealand Herald Archived from the original on 20 July 2018 Retrieved 20 July 2018 Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton dismisses Jacinda Ardern s demands to stop deporting New Zealanders Radio New Zealand 19 July 2018 Archived from the original on 2 November 2019 Retrieved 13 September 2019 Doran Matthew Macmillan Jade 19 July 2019 Peter Dutton dismisses Jacinda Ardern s demands for Australia to stop deporting New Zealanders ABC News Archived from the original on 17 September 2019 Retrieved 13 September 2019 Keyzer Patrick Martin Dave 24 July 2019 No Peter Dutton Most deported Kiwis aren t paedophiles and you re hurting our relationship with NZ The Conversation Archived from the original on 29 July 2019 Retrieved 13 September 2019 Peter Dutton says Biloela Tamil children are anchor babies used to help case Australian immigration and asylum The Guardian TheGuardian com 12 September 2019 Tamil family children labelled anchor babies by Peter Dutton 12 September 2019 Peter Dutton accused of dictator rhetoric over call for mandatory sentences for climate protesters SBS News Archived from the original on 1 January 2020 Retrieved 1 January 2020 a b Price to pay Peter Dutton wants activists to cover the cost of police response to protests SBS News Archived from the original on 1 January 2020 Retrieved 1 January 2020 Karp Paul 16 December 2019 Labor issues please explain after Peter Dutton appears with AFP in political ad on airport security The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Archived from the original on 1 January 2020 Retrieved 1 January 2020 Knaus Christopher 14 March 2019 Federal police must split from Dutton ministry to save integrity says union The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Archived from the original on 17 December 2019 Retrieved 1 January 2020 Peter Dutton leadership challenge speculation grows 9 News 20 August 2018 Archived from the original on 21 August 2018 Retrieved 21 August 2018 Remeikis Amy Hutchens Gareth Murphy Katharine Knaus Christopher 21 August 2018 Dutton resigns after Turnbull survives Liberal leadership spill 48 35 politics live The Guardian Archived from the original on 21 August 2018 Retrieved 21 August 2018 Coorey Phil 21 August 2018 Peter Dutton s backers vow it s not over for Malcolm Turnbull Australian Financial Review Archived from the original on 21 August 2018 Retrieved 21 August 2018 Loussikian Kylar McCauley Dana 22 August 2018 Government refers Dutton s eligibility to Solicitor General The Sydney Morning Herald Archived from the original on 23 August 2018 Retrieved 26 August 2018 Labor s Dutton court check push defeated SBS News Australian Associated Press 23 August 2018 Archived from the original on 23 August 2018 Retrieved 23 August 2018 Solicitor General suggests Peter Dutton can stay in Parliament amid eligibility cloud ABC News 24 August 2018 Archived from the original on 26 August 2018 Retrieved 26 August 2018 Twomey Anne 5 September 2018 Section 44 and the Competing Arguments for Disqualification and Exoneration of Peter Dutton AUSPUBLAW Archived from the original on 5 September 2018 Retrieved 5 September 2018 Scott Morrison announces new ministry ABC News 26 August 2018 Archived from the original on 26 August 2018 Retrieved 26 August 2018 Wiggins Nick 19 May 2019 Election 2019 result sees Peter Dutton victory amid Labor wipe out in Queensland ABC Archived from the original on 3 June 2019 Retrieved 4 June 2019 Remeikis Amy 17 January 2019 Peter Dutton tops GetUp s hard right hit list for federal election The Guardian Archived from the original on 4 June 2019 Retrieved 4 June 2019 Chang Charis Molly Shannon 17 January 2019 GetUp survey identifies Peter Dutton as Australia s most unwanted hard right politician News com au Archived from the original on 3 June 2019 Retrieved 3 June 2019 a b Northingham Brad 21 May 2019 GetUp to get what s coming says Peter Dutton The Australian Josh Butler 6 May 2019 Inside GetUp s Ambitious Campaign To Crush Dutton And The Liberal Right Channel 10 Archived from the original on 5 June 2019 Retrieved 5 June 2019 Scott Morrison moves Christian Porter Linda Reynolds and Peter Dutton in Cabinet reshuffle ABC News 29 March 2021 Archived from the original on 15 September 2021 Retrieved 29 March 2021 Massola James Galloway Anthony 21 May 2021 We are not pursuing a woke agenda Dutton bans special morning teas at Defence after IDAHOBIT The Sydney Morning Herald Archived from the original on 23 May 2021 Retrieved 24 May 2021 Australia Says Last Troops Withdrawn From Afghanistan Voice of America 11 July 2021 Archived from the original on 12 July 2021 Retrieved 31 July 2021 Australia will support US response if China attacks Taiwan Australian defense chief Taiwan News 25 October 2021 Former Australian PM Paul Keating criticises Liz Truss over demented China comments The Guardian 24 January 2022 Karp Paul Australian Associated Press 16 June 2021 Peter Dutton to enter court ordered mediation with Shane Bazzi in tweet defamation case The Guardian Retrieved 22 October 2021 Whitbourn Michaela 20 August 2021 Mediation fails in Peter Dutton s defamation suit over tweet Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 23 September 2021 Peter Dutton to be sole witness in defamation case against refugee activist The Guardian Australian Associated Press 21 September 2021 Retrieved 23 September 2021 Karp Paul 24 November 2021 Peter Dutton wins defamation case against refugee activist Shane Bazzi over tweet The Guardian Retrieved 24 November 2021 Knaus Christopher 17 May 2022 Shane Bazzi wins appeal in defamation case over Peter Dutton tweet The Guardian Retrieved 17 May 2022 Whitbourn Michaela 17 May 2022 Appeal court overturns Peter Dutton s 35 000 defamation win over tweet Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 17 May 2022 The winners and losers of the federal election ABC News 22 May 2022 Retrieved 26 May 2022 Peter Dutton elected new Liberal Party leader Sussan Ley becomes deputy leader ABC News 30 May 2022 Retrieved 30 May 2022 Australia s female Speaker repeatedly called Mr BBC News Retrieved 16 December 2022 Yu Andi 1 April 2023 Labor snatches historic victory in Aston by election in Melbourne s outer east ABC News Peter Dutton says he accepts responsibility for devastating Aston by election defeat ABC News April 2023 Thompson Angus Sakkal Paul 5 April 2023 Liberal Party to oppose government s Voice to parliament The Age Retrieved 5 April 2022 Former Indigenous Australians minister Ken Wyatt ends Liberal Party membership over Voice to Parliament stance ABC News 6 April 2023 Retrieved 9 April 2023 Shadow Attorney General Julian Leeser quits Liberal frontbench to support Voice to Parliament ABC News 11 April 2023 Retrieved 11 April 2023 Butler Josh 12 April 2023 Simon Birmingham the latest Liberal party frontbencher who will not campaign against Indigenous voice Guardian Australia Retrieved 13 April 2023 Peter Dutton unveils new Coalition frontbench in wake of Julian Leeser s resignation over Voice to Parliament ABC News 18 April 2023 Massola James 1 December 2015 Peter Dutton supersedes Scott Morrison as Liberal Party s conservative champion The Sydney Morning Herald Archived from the original on 5 August 2017 Retrieved 5 August 2017 Knott Matthew 8 February 2017 More than Cory Bernardi Why right wing politics is fracturing in Australia The Sydney Morning Herald Archived from the original on 9 August 2017 Retrieved 5 August 2017 Massola James 21 March 2021 Who s who in the Liberals left right and centre factions The Sydney Morning Herald Fairfax Media Retrieved 1 February 2022 Aiton Doug 4 January 2016 Fifteen things you didn t know about Peter Dutton The New Daily Archived from the original on 5 August 2017 Retrieved 5 August 2017 Peter Dutton next Liberal leader Media Watch 6 March 2017 Archived from the original on 14 August 2017 Retrieved 5 August 2017 Albrechtsen Janet 22 July 2017 Peter Dutton the Liberal leader Australia deserves The Australian Retrieved 5 August 2017 Australia s Turnbull Digs in as Rival Dutton Seeks Leadership Bloomberg 22 August 2018 Archived from the original on 29 March 2019 Retrieved 25 August 2018 Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull threatens to quit parliament if party doesn t back him as battle for leadership deepens South China Morning Post 23 August 2018 Archived from the original on 29 March 2019 Retrieved 25 August 2018 Turnbull s future hangs in the balance The Straits Times 24 August 2018 Archived from the original on 25 August 2018 Retrieved 25 August 2018 Peter Dutton sees parliament as a disadvantage for governments Sky News Australia 9 December 2018 Archived from the original on 4 January 2020 Retrieved 4 January 2020 Karp Paul 3 January 2018 Peter Dutton says Victorians scared to go out because of African gang violence The Guardian Archived from the original on 14 November 2018 Retrieved 22 August 2018 Law James 4 January 2018 Dutton ridiculed for saying Melburnians were scared to go out News com au Archived from the original on 27 August 2018 Retrieved 6 September 2018 Cadzow Jane 26 May 2017 Peter Dutton I m just not impacted by that hatred Brisbane Times Archived from the original on 27 May 2017 Retrieved 28 May 2017 Dutton wants US style pledge of loyalty for Aussie kids The West Australian 21 February 2018 Dutton proposes civics pledge for schoolchildren immigration changes SBS News https www couriermail com au news national peter dutton flags australian values pledge updated citizenship test as home affairs priorities news story 1a13c7f0a48c43755226f2a31a4418c0 bare URL Interview with Laura Jayes Sky News Australian Department of Defence 9 June 2021 Archived from the original on 18 July 2021 Retrieved 12 June 2021 Karp Paul 26 September 2019 Peter Dutton government may override dangerous ACT decision to legalise cannabis The Guardian Archived from the original on 27 September 2019 Retrieved 28 September 2019 a b Smethurst Annika 2 April 2017 Peter Dutton put on spot over same sex marriage by lesbian at restaurant The Daily Telegraph Australia Archived from the original on 22 October 2021 Retrieved 15 June 2017 a b Matthew Knott 22 March 2017 Peter Dutton working behind the scenes to legislate same sex marriage before CEO spray The Sydney Morning Herald Archived from the original on 2 April 2017 Retrieved 2 April 2017 Dutton Peter 16 March 2017 Interview with Ray Hadley Radio 2GB 4BC The Hon Peter Dutton MP Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Archived from the original on 25 March 2017 Retrieved 24 March 2017 Dutton Peter 18 March 2017 Address to the LNP State Council Cairns The Hon Peter Dutton MP Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Archived from the original on 24 March 2017 Retrieved 24 March 2017 Peter Dutton MP Dickson OpenAustralia org openaustralia org au Archived from the original on 30 April 2017 Retrieved 15 June 2017 House of Representatives Hansard Record of Proceedings Hansard Australia Australian House of Representatives 7 December 2017 p 13143 13145 Grattan Michelle 19 March 2017 Free speech It depends who you are in Peter Dutton s view The Conversation Archived from the original on 24 March 2017 Retrieved 24 March 2017 Keneally Kristina 20 March 2017 Peter Dutton shines as a minister when his opponents can t be heard The Guardian Retrieved 24 March 2017 Peter Dutton slapped down over comments on the gay marriage debate News com au 19 March 2017 Archived from the original on 24 March 2017 Retrieved 24 March 2017 Man launched pie at Qantas chief Alan Joyce to oppose gay marriage Australian Broadcasting Corporation 10 May 2017 Archived from the original on 22 October 2021 Retrieved 10 May 2017 Stick to your knitting Dutton tells CEO s to stay out of gay marriage News com au 19 March 2017 Archived from the original on 4 May 2017 Retrieved 10 May 2017 Barber Laurence 10 May 2017 Qantas CEO Alan Joyce Attacked With Pie Over Marriage Equality Star Observer Archived from the original on 13 May 2017 Retrieved 10 May 2017 Dutton Peter PeterDutton MP 9 May 2017 The attack on Alan Joyce today was a disgrace Tweet Archived from the original on 22 June 2017 via Twitter Dutton says pro and anti same sex marriage songs should be performed at NRL final after Macklemore controversy SBS News 28 September 2017 Burke Matt matttburke 1 June 2022 The footage of Peter Dutton suggesting that an anti same sex marriage song be performed in response to Macklemore s Same Love at the 2017 NRL Grand Final is somehow dumber than I remembered Tweet via Twitter Controversial Australian Minister Dutton the next prime minister or the great divider News24 22 March 2018 Archived from the original on 22 October 2021 Retrieved 11 September 2018 South African group under fire for lobbying US for white rights Al Jazeera 15 May 2018 Archived from the original on 11 September 2018 Retrieved 11 September 2018 Trump and the man trying to topple Australia s government share an affinity for helping South Africa s white farmers Quartz 23 August 2018 Archived from the original on 4 September 2018 Retrieved 11 September 2018 Chung Frank 21 May 2017 South Africans trapped like frogs in boiling water as racial violence escalates News com au Archived from the original on 31 July 2021 Retrieved 31 July 2021 Fallon Amy 17 March 2018 White South African farmers dig in against deadly persecution The Sydney Morning Herald Archived from the original on 31 July 2021 Retrieved 31 July 2021 The truth about white farmers in South Africa and why the right is obsessed with them The Independent 23 August 2018 Archived from the original on 4 September 2018 Retrieved 11 September 2018 South Africa The groups playing on the fears of a white genocide BBC 1 September 2018 Archived from the original on 4 September 2018 Retrieved 11 September 2018 a b Peter Dutton labelled racist by Richard Di Natale over call to bring white South African farmers to Australia Australian Broadcasting Corporation 16 March 2018 Archived from the original on 6 December 2018 Retrieved 26 May 2019 How Peter Dutton made his millions Queensland Times Archived from the original on 14 July 2019 Retrieved 14 July 2019 Royce Holly 23 August 2018 Who is Kirilly Dutton Meet Peter Dutton s wife and family nowtolove com au The Australian Women s Weekly Peter Dutton Liberal Party liberal org au Liberal Party 23 July 2013 Retrieved 13 February 2022 Our Campaigns Candidate Peter Dutton ourcampaigns com Archived from the original on 28 August 2017 Retrieved 3 June 2017 Worthington political correspondent Brett 13 March 2020 Peter Dutton diagnosed with coronavirus ABC News Archived from the original on 13 March 2020 Retrieved 13 March 2020 Australia minister tests positive for coronavirus BBC News 13 March 2020 Archived from the original on 13 March 2020 Retrieved 13 March 2020 Harris Angus Livingston Rob 13 March 2020 Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has coronavirus Brisbane Times Archived from the original on 13 March 2020 Retrieved 13 March 2020 Peter Dutton officially launches Liberal leadership campaign reveals skin condition is alopecia news com au Dutton and Miles long time enemies put politics aside for football 7 May 2021 External links Wikiquote has quotations related to Peter Dutton Personal homepage Search or browse Hansard for Peter Dutton at OpenAustralia orgParliament of AustraliaPreceded byCheryl Kernot Member of Parliament for Dickson2001 present IncumbentPolitical officesPreceded byFran Bailey Minister for Workforce Participation2004 2006 Succeeded bySharman StonePreceded byMal Brough Assistant Treasurer of Australia2006 2007 Succeeded byChris BowenPreceded byTanya Plibersek Minister for Health and Sport2013 2014 Succeeded bySussan LeyPreceded byScott Morrison Minister for Immigration and Border Protection2014 2018 Succeeded byDavid ColemanPreceded byJason Clare Minister for Home Affairs2017 2021 Succeeded byKaren AndrewsPreceded byLinda Reynolds Minister for Defence2021 2022 Succeeded byRichard MarlesPreceded byChristian Porter Leader of the House2021 2022 Succeeded byTony BurkePreceded byAnthony Albanese Leader of the Opposition2022 present IncumbentParty political officesPreceded byScott Morrison Leader of the Liberal Party2022 present Incumbent Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peter Dutton amp oldid 1155682818, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.