Peter Dutton

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Peter Dutton has a new job.

The former opposition leader has been appointed to the Australian War Memorial Council.

It oversees the direction of its displays and exhibitions.

The minister, former minister I should say, says he's honoured to take on the role.

And the current Minister for Veterans Affairs, Matt Keogh, says the former Liberal leader drove major reforms focused on national security and military readiness while serving as Defence Minister.

And Peter Dutton has thanked the Prime Minister and the Minister for Veterans Affairs for personally reaching out and making that offer.

So a new gig for Peter Dutton.

It's fair to say he's one of the few.

I think Peter Dutton, we saw him got a job.

But Peter Dutton, I think he's on that defined benefit scheme.

So he'd be on hundreds of thousands a year as well.

There's still only a few of them left, the politicians.

to be in Parliament prior to... 04, was it? 04.

Yeah,

so Peter Dutton was there.

It's fair to say he's one of the few.

I think Peter Dutton, we saw him got a job.

Peter Dutton, I think he's on that defined benefit scheme.

So he'd be on hundreds of thousands a year as well.

There's still only a few of them left, the politicians.

I think he

had to be in Parliament prior to 2004, was it? Yeah,

so Peter Dutton was there.

And moving on to page five, Dutton to make A Canberra Comeback with Board Role, written by David Allen.

Peter Dutton will be making at least a part-time return to Canberra in a plum new role that will see him pocket almost $30,000 a year.

The former opposition leader and one-time defence minister has been appointed to the governing board at the Australian War Memorial.

Mr Dutton said in a social media post he was honoured by the appointment and thanked coalition colleagues Angus Taylor and Michael McCormack for their kind words supporting it.

I can't believe you're giving us fascist newspaper content.

But the headline is Albanese government hands former opposition leader Peter Dutton a new job.

So he's going to be on the board of the War Memorial Committee, another Canberra moment.

Yeah,

David Farley's a member for Farrah.

Previously, a long, long time ago, I met with Peter Dutton because I was being an advocate for rural health then.

And Susan Lee.

Helen Dalton's on board totally.

Anthony Albanese, this time in the last election cycle, was seen to be terminal.

I'm not sure if anyone remembers what the political polls were saying mid-term when Peter Dutton, who's just been appointed to the Australian War Memorial Council by this Labor government, I guess, you know, it's all water under the bridge now.

But at this particular point in the cycle in the last parliament, Anthony Albanese was being written off, and Labor were not going to win anything, and they went on to win 94 seats.

And even though that poll has certainly spooked people within Labor, we also need to remember that Labor has 94 seats, and polls are not uniform, and the Greens still exist, and so do independents, and we cannot predict... preference flows in the way that we would like to think that we can because people vote according to their own desires and what they think uh you know in the order that they think people should go in so at this particular point in the term i think it would be a very very brave political pundit indeed who made any sort of predictions about how the australian people will be feeling in another year and a half

Hey, just quickly, and this is a federal thing, Smitho, before we let you go.

So Labor Federal is set to appoint former opposition leader Peter Dutton to the Australian War Memorial Council following the departure of long-serving philanthropist Glenn Keyes.

I mean, it's not unusual that a former liberal politician is now working for Labor, is it?

No, it happens.