"You've used up all your favours."
James Dwyer was a former Minister for The Department of Corrective Services,.
Dwyer was all about avoiding scandal in the department and threats to remove officers and the governor. Dwyer is manipulated by Ferguson on multiple occasions including her term as governor.
It is later revealed that Dwyer is forced to move to the backbench after Ann Reynolds' reforms pass through parliament. Meaning that his political career was all but over.
Time on Prisoner[]
Dwyer first seen in (564) where he expresses his disapproval that the press have got hold of Daphne Graham's story and after Eve Wilder's assault on Joyce Barry, he visits again and threatens to dismiss Ann Reynolds as Governor.
He is visited by Joan Ferguson with info from Nancy McCormick's diary (618), and as a result demotes Meg Jackson to promote Joan to Deputy Governor. He arrives at Wentworth, tipped off by Joan, to try to stop Julie Egbert's wedding to Steve Ryan (628). He is next seen asking advice from the about his son's blackmail by Lisa Mullins (651).
During a meeting with officials from the government Dwyer is one of the few members of parliament who do not want to push through the reforms, but later when Rita is transferred to Blackmoor, Ann and Dwyer are in a meeting as Ann back at Wentworth tells Dwyer to move Rita back to Wentworth as she knows that he knows just how bad Blackmoor is, Dwyer says that Rita will not be moved back and says that Blackmoor will put into the 'hard' pile.
Ann calls him to Wentworth to hear Lorelei Wilkinson's testimony about her rape, but she changes her story under pressure from Ernest Craven. He demotes Ann in (669) and demands that Lorelei is transferred to Ingleside to avoid any further scandal. Joan informs him of Lorelei's recovery (675) and he has to appear on TV to announce Ann's reinstatement after Craven is exposed on City Probe, he is interviewed and he argues with Joan after what happens and Joan tells him that she has had enough, Dwyer tells Joan that she can have some time off.
He refuses to help Joan after her confrontation with Willie Beecham and orders her to go back to Wentworth (685). This can only be accounted an insane act, given her record, but presumably he wishes to give her enough rope to hang herself, as his telephone conversation with Ann suggests. He is last seen arguing with Ann about her reform report (689), and given that Mr Hudson (Departmental inspector) arrives soon after to carry out his own investigation of the system that Dwyer's time is up.
While watching Rita go on a motorbike ride with Tom Lucas, Ann tells Meg that Dwyer had refused to accept the reforms or listen to the report given to Parliament by Mr Hudson. Ann tells Meg that the government had finally accepted the report and they would get their reforms. Ann says that Dwyer had been forced off the frontbench and reshuffled to the backbench.