Queensland Deputy Premier Cameron Dick and brother Milton, Speaker of the House of Representatives, on their early years – and their dad’s take on their work.
Cameron Dick , 57, is Queensland’s Deputy Premier and Treasurer while brother Milton, 52, is the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Their dad, a butcher, used to say that only their school-teacher sister had a real job.
Looking back, I was a bit hard on Milton when I was a teenager: “What’s that little kid hanging around for?” He probably has me to thank for his resilience. I made him tough. We’re still people, though, and we have our vulnerabilities. Milton’s support meant a lot to me after I lost my seat in 2012. That was a really difficult time. As a defeated candidate, you feel you’ve failed everyone. Milton helped me secure preselection for my current electorate, Woodridge, and I got back into parliament at the next election. I was given a second chance. I’ll always be grateful for that.There’s something of the gentle giant about Milton.
Cameron was such a high achiever at school. An A-student, a prefect, house captain, a very good sportsman, a winner of awards. I won awards, too, but they were more the best-and-fairest type. He was a young-JFK type. The boy most likely. Which I definitely wasn’t. I not only looked up to him, I wanted toThrough primary and high school, I’d get, “Oh, you’re Cameron Dick’s brother.” I found it annoying but also secretly loved it.
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