Peter Dutton seems weirdly off-balance. Is his election strategy coming unstuck? | Josh Butler

They say a week is a long time in politics. On Tuesday we had confirmation of how long “some time” is in Australian politics: 17 months.

That’s how long it was between Peter Dutton saying Australians were “over” having referendums and him sort-of-but-not-quite proposing one of his own.