Peter Dutton is being peppered with questions about the Liberal candidate for the seat of Wills, in Melbourne’s north.

The Age has just dropped a report that candidate Jeffrey Kidney, who lives on the other side of Melbourne, pleaded guilty to a charge of obtaining financial advantage by deception in March 2024 and “was ordered to pay $10,640 in compensation to the Victorian Work Cover authority. Kidney’s breach occurred between May and October 2019.”

Peter Dutton refuses to say if Mr Kidney has his support but insists Liberal candidates across the board are “amazing people”.