Peter Dutton
AustraliapoliticianMaleb. 19714.3Global Dominance: 0.01%Peter Dutton is an Australian politician and member of the Liberal Party, currently serving as the Federal Opposition Leader. He has held various ministerial positions, including Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Dutton has been a prominent figure in Australian politics, known for his stance on immigration and national security. Recently, he made headlines by announcing that he would not impose new royalties or taxes on Western Australia's mining sector during his upcoming visit in 2025, signaling his party's approach towards the resource-rich state in the lead-up to the federal election.
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Peter Dutton was mentioned as a high-profile Liberal that GetUp failed to oust.
ABC star Dan Ilic to become next boss of progressive campaign groupAustralia· 2026-09-21
Home affairs minister Peter Dutton was criticized for his role in the immigration department's restructuring.
Australia’s international student graduates should return home, former minister saysAustralia· 2026-09-17
Last year the vanquished Liberal leader Peter Dutton was being assailed by party moderates for saying loudly that the high migration was contributing to elevated rents and property prices.
Tony Burke shifts Labor’s stance to address housing crisis and voter concernsAustralia· 2026-09-17
Peter Dutton's former staffer Sam Jackson-Hope was a key point person in coordinating the Brethren’s involvement in the election.
Exclusive Brethren leaders called to answer for far-right 2025 federal election plotAustralia· 2026-09-16
Former opposition leader Peter Dutton was criticized for his reluctance to field questions from journalists.
Regrets, Hanson’s got a few, but she’s also chalking up winsAustralia· 2026-09-15
Peter Dutton proposed a teen social media ban before Labor did.
Coalition is betting that people mistrust Albanese more than big techAustralia· 2026-09-11
Peter Dutton was the minister for immigration and border protection who announced the creation of the Australian Border Force.
The collapse of Border Force’s secret spy unitAustralia· 2026-08-07
Peter Dutton’s leadership group meeting was where Ley reported her victory after the Finley meeting.
Inside the meeting that killed a Liberal Party takeoverAustralia· 2026-08-01
Shani posted a picture of herself next to then-federal Liberal leader Peter Dutton at a Liberal event.
How the party is using Camelot Consulting’s former Liberal advisors to target NSW, Victorian state electionsAustralia· 2026-07-31
Peter Dutton criticized Alan Joyce for the airline's support of the marriage equality campaign.
Apologetic former CEO tells his side of the Qantas storyAustralia· 2026-07-26
Peter Dutton is another Liberal leader who has had several fights with Antic over party discipline.
Senator’s Liberal Party future at risk after praise for One NationAustralia· 2026-07-20
As Liberal leader, Peter Dutton offered complaints without a solution– and look where he ended up.
What a leaked recording of her private dinner speech reveals about her plansAustralia· 2026-07-18
Figures previously floated are between 150,000 and 200,000 – not dissimilar to former leader Peter Dutton’s overall intake of about 160,000.
Reducing migrants creates multi-billion dollar hole for federal budgetAustralia· 2026-07-14
Peter Dutton was aware that the anti-abortion movement was a dead-end.
Why the latest Resolve Political Monitor suggests a potential decline for One Nation and Pauline HansonAustralia· 2026-07-12
Peter Dutton has to be among the most humourless people to ever take the stage in the Great Hall of Parliament House.
Midwinter Ball: All the guestsAustralia· 2026-07-02
Former Liberal leader Peter Dutton's experience was a harsh lesson on the importance of maintaining conviction in political policies.
Pauline Hanson is on a pivot towards the middle groundAustralia· 2026-06-28
Peter Dutton was the opposition leader whose defeat led to a new generation of conservatives, including James Paterson, taking over the leadership.
Why Liberal Senator James Paterson is relishing his time in oppositionAustralia· 2026-06-24
Coalition leader Peter Dutton last year declared he would build seven emissions-free nuclear power plants.
Can Pauline Hanson’s war on climate change survive the summer?Australia· 2026-06-19
Peter Dutton is discussed in the context of his missed opportunity to reinvent himself during the Voice referendum.
Angus Taylor’s ‘arrogant prick’ taunt was revealing. But voters may not like what it revealedAustralia· 2026-05-31
Peter Dutton was mentioned as having frozen out Andrew Hirst during the federal campaign review.
Economic anxiety and institutional failure reshaping politics for the Liberal PartyAustralia· 2026-05-31
Peter Dutton was the candidate for whom members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church campaigned during the federal election.
Videos, texts blow lid on Brethren election conductAustralia· 2026-05-29
Both Abbott and former leader Peter Dutton refused to stand in front of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags, along with the Australian flag, at certain official events.
Angus Taylor accuses Anthony Albanese of lies as mentor Tony Abbott returns to Liberal PartyAustralia· 2026-05-29In 2024, Peter Dutton pledged a national rollout of nuclear power plants.
Australia’s emissions fall but the heat is rising in CanberraAustralia· 2026-05-28
He has no intention of allowing the opposition to repeat some of the mistakes made during Peter Dutton’s disastrous election campaign.
Tim Wilson says there’s one key reason voters will punish AlbaneseAustralia· 2026-05-28
During the 2019 election campaign, then home affairs minister Peter Dutton attacked France for 'using her disability as an excuse' for not living in the electorate.
Ali France referred to AEC over claim she’s enrolled at vacant plot of landAustralia· 2026-05-27
Peter Dutton was the then-leader of the Liberal Party during its poor election performance.
To remain one and free, Australia must confront three key systemic challengesAustralia· 2026-03-06
Peter Dutton described the report as a 'gratuitous and personal' hit job on him.
The good, the bad and the uglyAustralia· 2026-03-05
Peter Dutton was accused by Nick Minchin of conducting a hit job.
Fury in the Liberal Party meant there was no time for protection racketsAustralia· 2026-03-03
Peter Dutton was the former leader of the Liberal Party and is mentioned in the context of a leaked election review.
Report suppresses 'lack of reflection' over 2025 lossAustralia· 2026-03-03
Former Coalition leader Peter Dutton has described the Liberal Party’s suppressed election review as a 'gratuitous and personal' hit job after the full report was leaked.
Peter Dutton lets fly as Liberal Party election review leaksAustralia· 2026-03-02