‘I owe my family an apology. I am sorry for the shame and embarrassment I have caused you,’ Peter Dowling said in a release.

 A married Australian politician has stepped down as head of an ethics committee after being busted sexting seedy snaps to his mistress, including one of his penis inside a glass of red wine.

Father of two Peter Dowling also reportedly sent his lover a full frontal shot of his genitals and images of his boxer shorts pulled tightly over his crotch.

“I owe my family an apology. I am sorry for the shame and embarrassment I have caused you,” the member of Queensland state’s ruling conservative Liberal National Party said in a release following his resignation.

“I am not proud of the events plastered all over today’s paper and I cannot and will not defend any part of it,” he added.

He was also forced to deny claims that he used government funds to conduct the illicit two-year affair.

“In relation to allegations made to the use of travel allowances, I can assure the House I have complied fully with all the guidelines and requirements of the parliament,” he added.

The Courier Mail reports that state parliament Speaker Fiona Simpson was contacted by his alleged lover, who’d detailed their alleged trysts in a letter.

Dowling’s unidentified mistress said that his marriage was “just for show,” that he would leave his wife after the 2015 election and that he had conducted affairs with several other women.

The humiliation was even stronger for the devout Catholic, who has been with wife Helen for 27 years, as he was part of the Australian Parliament’s ethics committee.

Dowling said he would step down from his roles until an investigation into his travel was complete.

A senior government official told The Australian he couldn’t understand how Dowling had gotten into such a mess.

“Taking a picture of your penis in a glass of red isn’t the smartest thing you could do, and I won’t be accepting any invitation from him in the future to go for a drink,” he said.