Dickson channels Pauline Hanson with new hair
BUDERIM MP Steve Dickson's got a new party and now he's got a new look, although it may not be exactly what he wanted.
Mr Dickson, a former LNP minister who is now the One Nation Party's state leader, has seen his stocks plummet within the LNP following his defection, but his hair is on the rise, at least on his billboard beside Wises Rd at Buderim.
Vandals have taken to the sign, turning Mr Dickson's thinning, more-salt-than-pepper buzzcut into a lurid orange do closer in colour to the mane of his party leader and fish and chip aficionado Pauline Hanson.
Mr Dickson, who sported a beard for a quarter of last year for charity, has also had a new facial addition, with vandals adding a bright orange moustache to the former Minister for National Parks, Recreation, Sport and Racing.
While disappointed by the vandalism, Mr Dickson was taking his makeover in his stride.
"I haven't had so much hair in my life," he said with a laugh.
He was hopeful his anti-graffiti measures on the sign would work when it came time to clean it off.
"People do silly things," he said, adding he was yet to see it in person, but had received plenty of messages of the sign.
"I'm not going to cry about it.
"Thanks for the extra hair, that's all I can say."
The list of suspects seems harder to narrow down, with plenty of jilted LNP supporters out there, but it may also have been a Futurama fan looking to give Mr Dickson the Fry treatment.
Mr Dickson's flame-haired bust is in some pretty lofty company.
Ron Weasley, Ed Sheeran, Prince Harry and Donald Trump are all powerful people all with orange up top, so perhaps he won't be too worried about his ginger transformation.