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Dutton’s comments were heavily criticised as an attempt to censor expressions of support for same-sex marriage, with some commenters also accusing him of hypocrisy given his support for changing [[Racial_Discrimination_Act_1975#Section_18C:_Prohibition_on_offense.2C_insult.2C_humiliation_or_intimidation_and_Exemptions_under_Section_18D|Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/free-speech-it-depends-who-you-are-in-peter-duttons-view-74818|title=Free speech? It depends who you are, in Peter Dutton’s view|last=Grattan|first=Michelle|date=March 19, 2017|website=The Conversation|access-date=March 24, 2017}}</ref> Former New South Wales Premier [[Kristina Keneally]] said that according to Dutton, "Free speech is great and should be expanded, unless it’s an Australian corporate CEO speaking about same-sex marriage. Then they need to shut up.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/20/is-peter-dutton-setting-the-stage-for-his-coming-prime-ministership?CMP=soc_567|title=Peter Dutton shines as a minister when his opponents can't be heard|last=Keneally|first=Kristina|date=March 20, 2017|website=The Guardian|access-date=March 24, 2017}}</ref> Liberal MPs and ministers Julie Bishop and [[Simon Birmingham]] also expressed disagreement with Dutton’s comments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/national/politics/peter-dutton-slapped-down-over-comments-on-the-gay-marriage-debate/news-story/ca83f872ce7cd346aab26ffd920d6dd0|title=Peter Dutton slapped down over comments on the gay marriage debate|date=March 19, 2017|website=News.com.au|access-date=March 24, 2017}}</ref>
Dutton’s comments were heavily criticised as an attempt to censor expressions of support for same-sex marriage, with some commenters also accusing him of hypocrisy given his support for changing [[Racial_Discrimination_Act_1975#Section_18C:_Prohibition_on_offense.2C_insult.2C_humiliation_or_intimidation_and_Exemptions_under_Section_18D|Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/free-speech-it-depends-who-you-are-in-peter-duttons-view-74818|title=Free speech? It depends who you are, in Peter Dutton’s view|last=Grattan|first=Michelle|date=March 19, 2017|website=The Conversation|access-date=March 24, 2017}}</ref> Former New South Wales Premier [[Kristina Keneally]] said that according to Dutton, "Free speech is great and should be expanded, unless it’s an Australian corporate CEO speaking about same-sex marriage. Then they need to shut up.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/20/is-peter-dutton-setting-the-stage-for-his-coming-prime-ministership?CMP=soc_567|title=Peter Dutton shines as a minister when his opponents can't be heard|last=Keneally|first=Kristina|date=March 20, 2017|website=The Guardian|access-date=March 24, 2017}}</ref> Liberal MPs and ministers Julie Bishop and [[Simon Birmingham]] also expressed disagreement with Dutton’s comments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/national/politics/peter-dutton-slapped-down-over-comments-on-the-gay-marriage-debate/news-story/ca83f872ce7cd346aab26ffd920d6dd0|title=Peter Dutton slapped down over comments on the gay marriage debate|date=March 19, 2017|website=News.com.au|access-date=March 24, 2017}}</ref>


===Political views===
Dutton opposes [[same-sex marriage]]. <ref>http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/peter-dutton-working-behind-the-scenes-to-legislate-samesex-marriage-before-ceo-spray-20170320-gv2lcq.html</ref>
==References==
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The Honourable
Peter Dutton
MP
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
Assumed office
23 December 2014
Prime MinisterTony Abbott
Malcolm Turnbull
Preceded byScott Morrison
Minister for Health
In office
18 September 2013 – 23 December 2014
Prime MinisterTony Abbott
Preceded byTanya Plibersek
Succeeded bySussan Ley
Minister for Sport
In office
18 September 2013 – 23 December 2014
Prime MinisterTony Abbott
Preceded byDon Farrell
Succeeded bySussan Ley
Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer
In office
27 January 2006 – 3 December 2007
Prime MinisterJohn Howard
Preceded byMal Brough
Succeeded byChris Bowen
Minister for Workforce Participation
In office
26 October 2004 – 27 January 2006
Prime MinisterJohn Howard
Preceded byFran Bailey
Succeeded bySharman Stone
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Dickson
Assumed office
10 November 2001
Preceded byCheryl Kernot
Personal details
Born
Peter Craig Dutton

(1970-11-18) 18 November 1970 (age 53)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia (Federal)
Liberal National Party (State)
SpouseKirilly Brumby
Children3
Alma materQueensland University of Technology
Websitewww.peterdutton.com.au

Peter Craig Dutton (born 18 November 1970),[1] Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Dickson, Queensland since the November 2001 federal election when he defeated high-profile sitting Labor member Cheryl Kernot. Dutton was the Minister for Health and the Minister for Sport from 18 September 2013 and Minister for Immigration and Border Protection from 21 December 2014 in the Abbott Government. Dutton retained his portfolio in the Turnbull Government.[2] He previously served as the Minister for Workforce Participation and Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer in the Howard Government

Early years and background

Dutton was raised in Brisbane, Queensland, and was educated at the Queensland Police Academy before becoming a Queensland Police officer for nine years, working in the Drug Squad in suburbs such as Red Hill, Brisbane in the early 1990s.[3][4] He has also worked in the Sex Offender's Squad and The National Crime Authority. [5]

On leaving the police in 1999 he became a businessman and completed a Bachelor of Business at the Queensland University of Technology.[6][7]

Dutton is married to Kirilly and has two sons and a daughter.[8]

Early political career: 2001-2013 in Government and opposition

See also: Howard Government

Dutton was elected to the Division of Dickson at the 2001 election, defeating Labor's Cheryl Kernot.

After the 2004 federal election Dutton was appointed to the ministry. He was Minister for Workforce Participation from 2004 to 2006. In January 2006 he was appointed Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Revenue. Dutton successfully retained Dickson in the 2007 federal election.

Following the 2007 election, Dutton was promoted by Brendan Nelson to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation.[9]

Dutton was appointed as Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing by Malcolm Turnbull in September 2008, a position he retained when Tony Abbott became Opposition Leader.[10]

In June 2010, Dutton released the Coalition’s mental health policy, The Coalition’s Real Action Plan for Better Mental Health. It was described by leading mental health experts as “a game changer” and "the most significant announcement by any political party in relation to a targeted, evidence-based investment in mental health".[11]

Dutton contested and won Dickson at the 2010 federal election, achieving a swing of 5.45% to easily overcome a 2009 redistribution. This resulted in a two-party-preferred vote of 54.69% as of 23 August 2010. Following the 2010 election, he was appointed as Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing.

In the lead up to the 2013 election, Dutton announced a range Coalition policies, including to restore integrity and independence to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee; increase the threshold of Cabinet consideration for the lisitng of medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) - allowing the Health Minister to list drugs costing less than $20 million a year over the first four years; expedite the roll-out of biennial bowel cancer screening for people aged 50 to 74 years; provide funding certainty and streamline administrative processes for medical research; provide $35 million for research into Type 1 diabetes through the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Clinical Trial Network; provide $40 million for additional medical internships in private hospitals and non-traditional settings; and provide investment into general practice by doubling the Practice Incentive Payment for teaching and 175 grants to support capital expansion of existing rural and regional general practices.

Dutton’s election commitments were strongly endorsed by key health stakeholders. The Cancer Council said that “Mr Dutton’s promise to finalise the bowel cancer screening program by 2020 would save an additional 35,000 lives over the next 40 years.”[12]

The Australian Medical Association said “the Coalition has delivered a strong package of practical, affordable health policies that would strengthen general practice.”[13]

Medicines Australia “welcomed the Coalition’s commitment to restore transparency, predictability and confidence to the process by which medicines are listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme”.[14]

Minister in the Abbott/Turnbull Governments: 2013-

See also: Abbott Government and Turnbull Government

Dutton retained his seat at the 2013 election. He was appointed to the Ministry by former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and served as Minister for Health and Minister for Sport.

As Health Minister, Dutton announced the world-leading $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund. As announced, the capital and any ongoing capital gains of the Medical Research Future Fund will be preserved in perpetuity.

Under Minister Dutton, projected funding in the health portfolio increased in the 2014-15 Budget to $66.9 billion, an increase of 7.5 percent from $62.2 billion in 2012-13, the final full year of the Labor Government. Projected expenditure on Medicare increased over 9.5 percent from $18.5 billion in 2012-13 under Labor to a projected $20.32 billion in 2014-15 under Dutton.[15][16] Funding for public hospital services increased by nearly 14 percent under Dutton in the 2014-15 Budget to a projected $15.12 billion compared to $13.28 billion in the last full year of the Labor Government in 2012-13.

In a 2015 poll by Australian Doctor magazine, Dutton was voted the worst health minister in the last 35 years.[17]

On 23 December 2014, Dutton was sworn in as the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection after a cabinet reshuffle.[18]

The Migration Act 1958 gives the minister the power to impose a character test on people requesting visas to enter Australia.[19] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7jepoaWUMUqqn5C10spSDg In 2015, Dutton cancelled the visa of anti-abortion activist Troy Newman, over remarks in his 2000 book Their Blood Cries Out.[20][21]

In November 2016, Dutton said that it was a mistake of a previous administration to have brought out Lebanese Muslim immigrants.[22][23] Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Dutton was making a specific point about those charged with terrorism offences. "He made it quite clear that he respects and appreciates the contribution that the Lebanese community make in Australia."[24]

Dutton has been touted as a future Liberal leader.[25][26][27][28]

Controversies

On 5 June 2015, Dutton categorically denied claims made by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young that she was spied on during a visit to Nauru. At the same time he called into question her credibility and track record "when it comes to facts".[29] The spying claims were later confirmed by the Immigration Department and Wilson Security who carried out the spying operation.[30]

On 11 September 2015, Dutton was overheard on an open microphone, prior to a community meeting on Syrian refugees, joking about the plight of Pacific Island nations facing rising seas from climate change.[31]

In 2016, News Corp Sunday political editor Samantha Maiden[32] wrote a column critical of Jamie Briggs[33] and Dutton drafted a text message to Briggs describing Maiden as a "mad fucking witch" but inadvertently sent it to Maiden.[34] Maiden accepted an apology from Dutton.[35][36]

2017 same-sex marriage

In March 2017, 31 CEOs signed a letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calling for a free vote in the Australian Parliament on same-sex marriage. In response to this letter, on 16 March 2017, Dutton said that the CEOs "shouldn't shove their views down our throats" and that CEOs who were "doing the wrong thing" should "be publicly shamed".[37] Dutton repeated his criticism at a speech to the LNP State Council in Queensland on 18 March.[38]

Dutton’s comments were heavily criticised as an attempt to censor expressions of support for same-sex marriage, with some commenters also accusing him of hypocrisy given his support for changing Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.[39] Former New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally said that according to Dutton, "Free speech is great and should be expanded, unless it’s an Australian corporate CEO speaking about same-sex marriage. Then they need to shut up.”[40] Liberal MPs and ministers Julie Bishop and Simon Birmingham also expressed disagreement with Dutton’s comments.[41]

Political views

Dutton opposes same-sex marriage. [42]

References

  1. ^ Parliament of Australia (2007), The 41st Parliament: Senators and Members, by Date of Birth. Retrieved on 18 November 2007.
  2. ^ "Tony Abbott's cabinet and outer ministry". smh.com.au. AAP. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  3. ^ "About Peter Dutton". PetterDutton.com.au.
  4. ^ "Dickson". ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  5. ^ https://player.whooshkaa.com/shows/sky-news-the-bolt-report |accessdate=21 February 2017|
  6. ^ "The Hon Peter Dutton MP". Australian Parliament House.
  7. ^ Misha Schubert (7 October 2009). "To some he's the messiah, to others a duplicitous polly".
  8. ^ Madonna King (9 August 2014). "Good Cop, Bad Cop".
  9. ^ "Nelson Shadow Ministry" (PDF). Parliament of Australia.
  10. ^ "Turnbull Shadow Ministry" (PDF). Parliament of Australia.
  11. ^ Cresswell, Adam. "Experts hail a policy 'game-changer'". The Australian.
  12. ^ "New Health Minister Peter Dutton set to save 35,000 Australian lives, says Cancer Council". Cancer Council Australia.
  13. ^ "Coalition has been listening on health policy". AMA.
  14. ^ "Industry welcomes Coalition commitment to PBS". Medicines Australia.
  15. ^ "Budget 2014-15" (PDF).
  16. ^ "Budget 2013-14".
  17. ^ "Peter Dutton ranked as worst health minister in 35 years in poll of doctors". Guardian Australia.
  18. ^ "New Abbott ministry sworn in by Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 December 2014.
  19. ^ "MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 501 - Refusal or cancellation of visa on character grounds". AustLII.
  20. ^ "Troy Newman, Head of U.S. Anti-Abortion Group, Is Held in Australia Over Canceled Visa". The New York Times. 2 October 2015.
  21. ^ "Troy Newman Claims He Never Called For Executing 'Abortionists.' Has He Read His Own Book?". Archived from the original on 3 January 2016.
  22. ^ Davidson, Helen (18 November 2016). "Australia is paying for Malcolm Fraser's immigration mistakes, says Peter Dutton". Guardian Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  23. ^ Peters, Daniel (23 November 2016). "'Spot on': Lebanese MP agrees with Peter Dutton that most terror suspects are Lebanese-Muslims - as it's revealed he 'smashed' colleagues who disagreed". Daily Mail. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  24. ^ "Julie Bishop defends Peter Dutton's comments on Lebanese immigration". Nine.com.au. 23 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  25. ^ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/peter-dutton-surges-after-leadership-pitch/news-story/d81a1fa134d7c6c77423d6e191bf727c
  26. ^ http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2017/02/dutton-next-revolving-door-pm/
  27. ^ http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2016/11/23/peter-dutton-far-right/
  28. ^ http://www.afr.com/news/politics/tony-abbott-will-never-be-leader-again-colleagues-20170224-gukp4w
  29. ^ "Sarah Hanson-Young labels Tony Abbott creepy over his response to Nauru spying allegations". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 June 2015.
  30. ^ "Immigration Department confirms Sarah Hanson-Young was spied on". The Age. 10 June 2015.
  31. ^ "Peter Dutton overheard joking about rising sea levels in Pacific Island nations", ABC News, 11 September 2015
  32. ^ "Samantha Maiden". Archived from the original on 3 January 2016. National Political Editor Sunday Tele, Sunday Herald Sun, Sunday Mail, Sunday Tas. Totally mad witch
  33. ^ http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/samantha-maiden-jamie-briggs-booted-for-being-fool/story-fni0cwl5-1227695533401
  34. ^ Shalailah Medhora (4 January 2016). "Peter Dutton apologises for calling journalist a 'mad witch' in text message". The Guardian". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  35. ^ "Samantha Maiden says she is happy to accept Peter Dutton's apology". ABC News.
  36. ^ "Peter Dutton says sorry to journalist for 'mad witch' text". ABC News. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  37. ^ Dutton, Peter (16 March 2017). "Interview with Ray Hadley, Radio 2GB-4BC". The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  38. ^ Dutton, Peter (18 March 2017). "Address to the LNP State Council, Cairns". The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  39. ^ Grattan, Michelle (19 March 2017). "Free speech? It depends who you are, in Peter Dutton's view". The Conversation. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  40. ^ Keneally, Kristina (20 March 2017). "Peter Dutton shines as a minister when his opponents can't be heard". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  41. ^ "Peter Dutton slapped down over comments on the gay marriage debate". News.com.au. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  42. ^ http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/peter-dutton-working-behind-the-scenes-to-legislate-samesex-marriage-before-ceo-spray-20170320-gv2lcq.html

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