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Contact us on: support@crikey.com.au<\/a> or call the hotline: +61 (03) 8623 9900.<\/p>\n Candidates' forums are unique. Not only do you get to rise before the sun, but you see politicians such as Peter Dutton face the public.<\/p>\n \"Ha ha ha, our next question is from Evan, one of the students here today,\" said the wiry, moustachioed host from the lectern, a local radio star, I was told. \"Evan says he wants to be a politician! Evan...\" (pause) \"...WHYYYYYYY?\" Evan, who I'd heard earlier describing himself as a young Liberal and a stalwart of the United Nations (UN) club, looked taken aback. <\/p>\n As did, on the podium, 12 political candidates, the bald pate of Peter Dutton among them.<\/p>\n It was 7.15 in the morning. There were about 100 of us there in the main room of the Arana Leagues Club in Brisbane's north-west, plates loaded with soggy scrambled eggs and blood-foaming baked beans, having hauled ourselves up at some godawful hour and now fighting off a second wave of carb drowse. That we were into politics was probably a reasonable assumption. <\/p>\n Already a subscriber? Log in to keep reading.Or, register your email address for a FREE 21-day trial.<\/p>\n Guy Rundle<\/p>\n Correspondent-at-large<\/p>\n Guy Rundle is correspondent-at-large for Crikey. He is also an associate editor at Arena Quarterly and contributes to a variety of publications in Australia and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n Insert<\/p>\n \" + _localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title + \"<\/p>\n \" + _localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text + \"<\/p>\n <\/p>\n See the rest here:<\/p>\n There's something shifting at the breakfast club in Dutton land - Crikey<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There's something shifting at the breakfast club in Dutton land Get Access Code. Enter your email address and Crikey will send a Verification Code Enter the Verification Code sent to to confirm your account.The Verification Code will expire in 1 hour Continue reading