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Dorothy Dixer
A planted or friendly parliamentary question designed to let a minister or politician make a prepared point.
In a sentence
The minister used a Dorothy Dixer to promote the new policy.
Where it came from
Dorothy Dixer is a distinctive Australian parliamentary term named after advice columnist Dorothy Dix.
- Initial era
- 1950–1999
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established