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Peter Dutton and Alex Hawke  in the House of Representatives Chamber at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Dutton’s populist policy on GST falls flat

PETER Dutton kicked off his Get To Know Me Tour yesterday spruiking a range of populist “clear and succinct” policy ideas to win over his colleagues — including dropping the GST from power bills.

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Julie Bishop and Malcolm Turnbull have been voted the preferred Liberal Party leaders by News Corp Australia readers.

Bishop tops Lib leadership poll

THE battle for the Liberal Party leadership has been cast as a contest between Peter Dutton and Malcolm Turnbull, but a reader poll shows a huge surge in support for Julie Bishop. CAST YOUR VOTE.

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Dutton ‘working the phones’ for second challenge

PETER Dutton has admitted he is working the phones to convince more of his colleagues to support his bid to become prime minister. “You don’t go into a ballot believing you’re going to lose,” he said this morning.

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Peter Dutton holding a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Dutton: I want people to get to know the real me

After his narrow defeat in the leadership challenge, former Home Affairs minister — and the government’s newest backbencher — Peter Dutton has given a frank interview where he complained the public didn’t know the real him saying he had a “self-deprecating sense of humour” and likes a drink like anyone else.

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Pam Malcolm Turnbull and Julie Bishop holding a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Deputy PM Michael McCormack and Deputy NSW Premier John Barilaro at the National Party of Australia, NSW annual general conference in Cowra, NSW. Picture Kym Smith                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Deputy PM Michael McCormack and Deputy NSW Premier John Barilaro at the National Party of Australia, NSW annual general conference in Cowra, NSW. Picture Kym Smith

Gladys ‘deeply disappointed’ with leadership spill

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has conceded the leadership merry go round in Canberra had “diminished” the nation’s top office. Peter Dutton hasn’t ruled out a second challenge but Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has pleaded with Liberal colleagues for unity saying disunity is death.

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Victorian Liberal Party president Michael Kroger leaves the Federal Court in Melbourne, Thursday, June 14, 2018. The Victorian Liberal party are in a dispute with their biggest donor, the Cormack Foundation, and its $70 million war chest. (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING

PM change is ‘first world problem’

A SENIOR Liberal figure has downplayed a possible leadership challenge between Malcolm Turnbull and Peter Dutton as a “first world problem in a disposable age”, listen to the interview with Miranda Devine.

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Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, May 7, 2018. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Dutton: Shorten offering ‘backdoor’ entry to Australia

A BITTER debate between the Turnbull government and Labor over border protection is set to intensify after Peter Dutton accused Bill Shorten of offering an opportunity for criminal people smugglers to market a “backdoor” entry to Australia through New Zealand.

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Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

South Africa demands Dutton retraction

A FURIOUS South African government has hauled Australia’s High Commissioner in for talks and is demanding Peter Dutton retract his comments about the plight of persecuted white farmers.

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