Peter Wear

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Peter Wear is a Brisbane-based writer whose columns appear regularly in The Courier-Mail. Wear ran a long-running satire on Queensland politics with the major role played by "President for Life Mbeattie" - a reference to Premier Peter Beattie's longevity in office.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/bulletproof-beattie-cruises-to-fourth-victory-in-a-row/2006/09/09/1157222376380.html|title=Bulletproof Beattie cruises to fourth victory in a row|date=10 September 2006|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}

Wear also wrote "The Madding of Daniel O'Hooligan" Published by University of Queensland Press in 1991.