Brisbane news live: Dutton asked for stock tips in radio interview

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has made a second media appearance to defend his bank shares and property portfolio.

Speaking on 2GB with host Ben Fordham, the pair jovially discussed the stories revealing Dutton’s financial history.

Fordham asked: “Have you got any tips for us? Any stock tips for us? … You’ve done well on stocks, you’ve done well on property. Come one, we’re all listening, I’ve got the pen out”.

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Dutton responded by saying he was 19 or 20 when he began investing in shares but never did well. “I’ve never done well at shares, which is why I probably followed my mum and dad’s advice to stick to property,” he said.

Fordham responded: “They’re having a crack at your property portfolio as well”.

Dutton sighed: “Well again, I mean it goes back to when I was 20 years of age, and they’ve trawled through every transaction, no suggestion of impropriety only that, as you know I pointed out yesterday, my dad and I started with nothing, a small building company and I think half of those properties were where we bought a block of land in an estate, put a house up and dad was the builder”.

“I was working double shifts as a police officer, we sold [the property], paid the taxes. If I was smart, I would have kept every one of the properties, but instead, we’d just sell one to buy the next one. So it’s just a recycling of the same money.”

Fordham responded with a chuckle, “regrets he’s had a few” and finished the interview.