With Dutton in defence, the Morrison government risks progress on climate and Indigenous affairs
- Written by James Blackwell, Research Fellow (Indigenous Policy), UNSW

With Peter Dutton recently shifting into a more outward-facing portfolio as Australia’s new defence minister, we must begin to assess his past actions and statements through an international policy lens.
Placing someone like Dutton — a strong political partisan with a litany of controversial views — in the defence role has the...