Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s one-day dash to Sydney last week revealed several things about him. That even when his neighbours (and electoral rivals) were filling sandbags, Dutton prioritised an interstate lunch with a Sydney property developer, and dinner with Justin Hemmes in Vaucluse.

That he had the cheek to then go on Brisbane radio and do a drive-by on Anthony Albanese for thinking about “campaigning” as Queenslanders prepared for then-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.