Peter Dutton

The Honourable

Peter Dutton

MP
The Honourable; Peter Dutton; MP
	Dutton in 2022
35th Leader of the Opposition
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 May 2022
Prime Minister	Anthony Albanese
Deputy	Sussan Ley
Preceded by	Anthony Albanese
15th Leader of the Liberal Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 30 May 2022
Deputy	Sussan Ley
Preceded by	Scott Morrison
Prime Minister
Previous offices 2004–⁠2022
57th Minister for Defence
	In office; 30 March 2021 – 23 May 2022
Prime Minister	Scott Morrison
Deputy	Andrew Hastie
Preceded by	Linda Reynolds
Succeeded by	Richard Marles
20th Leader of the House
	In office; 30 March 2021 – 23 May 2022
Prime Minister	Scott Morrison
Preceded by	Christian Porter
Succeeded by	Tony Burke
32nd Minister for Home Affairs
	In office; 20 December 2017 – 30 March 2021
Prime Minister	Malcolm Turnbull; Scott Morrison;
Preceded by	Jason Clare
Succeeded by	Karen Andrews
32nd Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
	In office; 23 December 2014 – 21 August 2018
Prime Minister	Tony Abbott; Malcolm Turnbull;
Preceded by	Scott Morrison
Succeeded by	David Coleman
41st Minister for Health
	In office; 18 September 2013 – 23 December 2014
Prime Minister	Tony Abbott
Preceded by	Tanya Plibersek
Succeeded by	Sussan Ley
23rd Minister for Sport
	In office; 18 September 2013 – 23 December 2014
Prime Minister	Tony Abbott
Preceded by	Don Farrell
Succeeded by	Sussan Ley
8th Assistant Treasurer of Australia
	In office; 27 January 2006 – 3 December 2007
Prime Minister	John Howard
Preceded by	Mal Brough
Succeeded by	Chris Bowen
10th Minister for Workforce Participation
	In office; 26 October 2004 – 27 January 2006
Prime Minister	John Howard
Preceded by	Fran Bailey
Succeeded by	Sharman Stone
Member of the Australian Parliament; for Dickson
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 10 November 2001
Preceded by	Cheryl Kernot
Personal details
Born	18 November 1970 (age 53); Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political party	Liberal (federal); LNP (state);
Spouse(s)	Kirilly Brumby (m. 2003)
Children	3
Education	Queensland University of Technology (BBus)
Signature
Website	Official website
	Police career
Department	Queensland Police
Allegiance	Queensland
Years of service	1990–1999
Rank	Detective Senior Constable

Peter Craig Dutton (born 18 November 1970) is an Australian politician. He is a member and the 15th Leader of the Liberal Party. Dutton is also the 35th Leader of the Opposition since 2022.

Political career

Dutton has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Dickson, Queensland since November 2001. From 2017 to 2018, he was the Minister for Home Affairs. He served as the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection from 2014 to 2017. He was also the Minister for Health and Sport from 2013 to 2014.

In May 2022, after the Liberal Party lost the 2022 election and Scott Morrison resigned as party leader, Dutton announced his candidacy for the party leadership.^[1]^[2] He was elected party leader unopposed on 30 May 2022 and became Opposition Leader shortly afterwards.^[3] He is the first Liberal leader to come from Queensland.^[4]

During his time as Opposition Leader, stories of Dutton's leadership of the Department of Home Affairs started to be publish. It was revealed that a 2020 report had uncovered serious issues with the department's detention approach, but Dutton had chosen not to act.^[5] In February 2024, the independent Richardson Review^[6]^[7] was published, which found some failures of Dutton's role as minister. It was revealed that under Dutton's leadership the department had made multi-million dollar contracts with companies suspected of criminal activity, including drug smuggling, corruption, and went against US sanctions.^[8] Dutton had personally got involved with the department to allow a criminal to stay in Australia, saying that it would be in the public interest.^[9]