The term references American advice columnist Dorothy Dix's reputed practice of making up her own questions to allow her to publish more interesting answers.
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In Australian politics, a Dorothy Dixer is a rehearsed or planted question asked of a government Minister by a backbencher of his/her own political party during Parliamentary Question Time.
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