Dutton chows down some humble pieLib frontbencher Peter Dutton has returned, tail between his legs, to announce he will stand again for his Brisbane seat of Dickson, just weeks after missing out for preselection in a safer seat.
McPherson
Dutton has nobody to blame but … Dutton
The real villain of the piece in Peter Dutton’s failed attempt to move to McPherson is … Peter Dutton himself. His efforts to argue against the redistribution of his electorate were purely token.
Who dudded Dutton?
Was Peter Dutton’s preselection loss the result of a vindictive Nats agenda? Or, an attack on Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership? The real political plot is in the minds of News Ltd journos, writes Bernard Keane.
Laying some Peter Dutton myths to rest
Peter Dutton is no great loss to the Liberal Party, and he wasn’t blocked by the Nats in McPherson. Apart from that, everything you’ve read about his preselection failure is true…
Grattan: Turnbull to keep Dutton safe
Malcolm Turnbull has come out declaring that McPherson’s preselection loser Peter Dutton “must” remain in the House of Reps. It’s further woes for Turnbull, already weary from the ETS fight, writes Michelle Grattan.
Dutton deserved to lose
While Peter Dutton is blaming his preselection ballot loss on not being a male or local, it helps to remember that Dutton hasn’t been the most perfect of MPs, even walking out of the Sorry speech, writes Mac.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: The McPherson LNP preselection candidates revealed
The blog post that got a Courier-Mail subbie sacked, no news probably isn’t good news for Ian Macfarlane, customs staff don’t land on Free Parking, and a tasty tip-off on the McPherson LNP preselection candidates.
