Should politicians like Peter Dutton suck up Twitter’s hot-gives and -takes or pursue vindication? | Paul Daley

Australia’s defence minister was not too busy to see through a defamation case against an unemployed, crowdfunded refugee advocate

You’ve got to wonder how Peter Dutton, one of the most wealthy and overstretched members of federal parliament, fathoms up the wherewithal to sue for defamation an unemployed, crowdfunded refugee advocate who called him something nasty on Twitter.

Busy? You bet you are. It’s been quite the few weeks for the tough-talking but “soft” (see below) sunshine state ex-copper made very good.

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