Simple question that left Dutton speechless

It’s been a relatively uninspiring federal election campaign thus far.

So much so that the most exciting thing to happen has been Peter Dutton’s son, Harry, joining him on the campaign trail.

The 20-year-old apprentice chippy fronted a press conference with his father on Monday, saying he was “saving like mad”, as was his sister, to buy his first home but the dream seemed out of reach.

It made Harry the talk of the campaign – and headlines across various publications questioned why the multi-millionaire Mr Dutton wouldn’t just tip in the money to buy his son a house, as though that’s just the done thing.

He was asked by one reporter at...
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