Meaning of Dorothy Dixer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A question asked of a minister by a member of their own party, to give the minister the opportunity to promote the government's work, criticise the opposition, etc.
   Australian
2. Alternative letter-case form of Dorothy Dixer.
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Examples

“Betraying not a sign of the general mayhem he had just created, he answered a Dorothy Dixer about television violence.”

“On both sides of the chamber, Question Time became highly programmed. This led on the Government side to questions, almost without exception, being Dorothy Dixers of the worst kind.[…]The total domination of this sort of Dorothy Dixer under the Keating Government reduced the use of Question Time considerably.”

“The real and nasty political attack came later, in question time, when every Labor minister who stood in response to a Dorothy Dixer did so in order to aim a new kick at the cods of the Opposition leader, from a different direction.”

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