Rear Window

Peter Dutton’s secret FIFO trip

The opposition leader went on an undisclosed trip to Perth last week, attending Gina Rinehart’s birthday party for less than an hour.

Mark Di StefanoColumnist

Mar 3, 2024 – 3.30pm

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Minutes after 3pm last Thursday, Anthony Albanese brought question time to a close, kick-starting the usual mad dash to the airport for interstate MPs. Peter Dutton and other senior Liberals were needed in Melbourne for two days of intense campaigning and media work around the crucial Dunkley by-election.

But Dutton, rather than heading on an interstate hopper, went... west.

Mark Di Stefano is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent.