John Hawkins is a former public servant and lives in Canberra. Peter Dutton and his Coalition colleagues have dithered for several weeks on their plans for the Commonwealth public sector.

Peter Dutton’s investments have been making headlines recently, with the opposition leader defending his shares and property dealings against heightened scrutiny. Much of the recent questioning ...

And he has invested in real estate for 35 years, since he was 19-years-old, evidently successfully, making something approaching 50 per cent profit over 35 years (“Dutton’s portfolio ...

Insisting he had “only ever acted with integrity”, Mr Dutton said there were no issues and no hidden assets to declare. It follows questions over his decision to buy bank shares during the ...

Jacob Dutton is Harrison Ford’s best late-career role, a grizzled, no-nonsense, and honest rancher and family man straddling the Wild West and the 20th century. He’s the brother to James ...

Peter Dutton says he's happy for the details of his past to be scrutinised following revelations about his property portfolio and share purchase history. Reports in the Nine newspapers say ...

Peter Dutton has made $30 million of property transactions across 26 pieces of real estate over 35 years, making him one of the country’s wealthiest-ever contenders for prime minister as the ...

Labor has used the reports to accuse Peter Dutton of hypocrisy given he's opposed the government's housing policies. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has launched a strident defence of the wealth he ...

Peter Dutton has reportedly made $30million of property transactions over 35 years, making him one of richest-ever contenders for Prime Minister. The Opposition Leader purchased his first home at ...

Peter Dutton has been ­accused of “highly unusual” share trades following a report that the ­Opposition Leader bought stocks in major banks in 2009 just before the Rudd government announced ...

Opposition Leader Dutton said that unlike Labor his party’s $8.5bn Medicare scheme would be fully funded. He also insisted his party was the underdog despite another poll putting the Coalition ...

Labor Minister Murray Watt has said Peter Dutton has "serious questions" to answer about what he calls a "highly unusual" purchase of shares in major banks the day before the Rudd government ...