Paint-Filled Extinguisher Used in Attack on Dutton’s Office

Australian Opposition Leader Peter Dutton during post Budget media interviews at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on May 15, 2024. Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images

A teenager used a fire extinguisher filled with paint to vandalise former federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s office, a court has been told.

Aahana Nag, 18, arrived at Brisbane Magistrates Court surrounded by supporters on Tuesday to face a wilful damage charge over the April 29 incident.

Dutton’s Arana Hills office in Brisbane’s north was targeted in the early hours during the Liberal leader’s unsuccessful federal election campaign.