Sticking with the breakfast, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has shrugged off questions about the personal toll of being the target of a foiled terrorist attack and his father’s heart attack hours before the televised debate, insisting his day at work was still “pretty easy”.
Dutton speaks at a breakfast in Perth.Credit: Jesinta Burton
A 16-year-old Queensland boy has been charged with allegedly targeting Dutton in a planned terrorist attack involving a drone.
While claiming having a front-row seat to the brutal business of politics had cured his children of any desire to participate, the former police office said the job was still “pretty easy” given some of the things he had witnessed in his life.
“Being able to work in the job that I work in takes a decision at some point in life if you want to abandon your anonymity and you want to contribute to a country that you love very much, and that’s a decision that I took,” he said.
“Regardless of what comes, if you know what you believe in, if you’re prepared to stand up and fight for and defend your values, then that makes it a fairly easy day at work.”
He also addressed his 80-year-old father, Bruce, who suffered a heart attack just hours before his televised leadership debate.
“He’s an old builder, he’s stoic and he’s tough as nails, but soft on the inside,” he said.
“He lives for his grandkids, and has been amazing father and grandfather, but I saw him yesterday, and hopefully he’ll be out of hospital shortly.”
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