In early 2002 the brand new MP for the Queensland seat of Dickson, an ex-police officer named Peter Dutton, rose in the House of Representatives to deliver his maiden speech. His preselection and subsequent election, he said, was “an opportunity to work with people for whom I have great respect and friendship.” Dutton gushed about how much he loved the people of Dickson, saying, “It is of course a great honour to represent those people in this great place.”
Dutton on with the job