Mystery over Peter Dutton leaving the Queensland police service<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bill Shorten rallies in Melbourne<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Coalition launches Scott Morrison<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n .<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n At the 2001 federal election, Cheryl Kernot<\/a> was the member for Dickson<\/a>. A fresh Liberal Party candidate by the name of Peter Dutton<\/a> appeared to challenge her. Ms Kernot was repeatedly questioned by the media over her living arrangements, that of renting in the electorate while having a home on the Gold Coast. When she suggested the media investigate the living arrangements of her opponent and why he suddenly left the Queensland police service she was met with hostility from the then Prime Minister John Howard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, eighteen years later, a journalist has researched why Mr Dutton left the police service. Jackson Gothe-Snape<\/a> reported, “He \u201cresigned from the Queensland Police Service on 30 July 1999 due to the fact his confidence in driving was low\u201d.” Divided by politics but united by trauma.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ms Kernot responded to NoFibs<\/em> over the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMystery over Peter Dutton leaving the Queensland police service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n