Every time we’ve seen Peter Beattie on teev this year, he’s been wearing a hard hat.

Quite a varied range of hard hats.

Perhaps hard hats are what all the cool kids are wearing in Queensland? I’ll have to ask Harriet, my pimp and expert on all things Queensland.

Perhaps its a cunning attempt to disguise a balding pate?

Perhaps he’s trying to bond with the CFMEU?