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The Peter Dutton images you can’t unsee: Political hardman gets saucy as he tucks in to a traditional Aussie showtime snack
- Opposition leader Peter Dutton pictured tucking into a sausage on Wednesday
- Politician gulped down a Dagwood Dog at Royal Queensland Show in Brisbane
- The staunch conservative he has tried to revamp his hardline image of late
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Liberal leader Peter Dutton has a reputation as a political hardman but he showed off his softer side as he tucked into a Dagwood dog at a family fair.
The former police officer and defence minister, enjoyed the tomato-sauce covered sausage at Ekka in Brisbane as he visited the Royal Queensland Show on Wednesday.
He was snapped holding three of the famous snacks before wolfing into one and heading off to play carnival games.
Peter Dutton eats a Dagwood dog during a visit to the Royal Queensland Show at Brisbane Showgrounds
Mr Dutton, a former cop and defence minister, enjoyed the sausage at Ekka in Brisbane as he visited the Royal Queensland Show
Mr Dutton is just the latest politician to be pictured eating in front of the cameras.
Ex-PM Malcom Turnbull was famously captured eating a meat pie with a knife and fork while Tony Abbott was seen biting into a raw onion.
Mr Dutton previously revealed he will show a softer, more caring side to his personality after taking the reigns of the Liberals in the wake the party’s disastrous election loss in May.
He said that while the public had grown accustomed to seeing him in ‘tough portfolios’ like defence and home affairs, he hoped to show them he’s also a family man.
‘I hope now, in moving from such tough portfolios, the Australian public can see the rest of my character, the side my family, friends and colleagues see,’ he said recently.
‘The side my community sees where they have elected me eight times. I come from the suburbs and I have never changed my values or forgotten where I have come from.’
Ex-PM Malcom Turnbull was famously pictured eating a meat pie with a knife
Bill Shorten and his wife Chloe eat a sausage after casting their votes at Moonee Ponds West Primary school in Melbourne in 2019
Ex-PM Tony Abbott eats a sausage on bread at a community barbeque in August 2010
His wife Kirilly, a successful businesswoman, gave her insight into him, revealing that he has a ‘great sense of humour’.
She said he was incredibly compassionate, especially when it came to the protection of women and children.
‘He hides a lot of his emotion from the public but he gets most upset at reports of children or women being sexually abused or harmed. It obviously stems from his time as a policeman working in that area, but it’s also from being the eldest of five kids growing up in the suburbs,’ she said.
The couple have two sons, Harry, 17, and Tom, 16, and Mr Dutton also has a daughter Rebecca, 20, from his first marriage.
Mrs Dutton said he is an ‘amazing father and the kids adore him’.
Mr Dutton (pictured with family) previously revealed he will show a softer, more caring side to his personality after taking the reigns of the Liberals in the wake the party’s disastrous election loss in May.