‘If you chase happiness, you'll never find it’: Dave Sharma on religion | mrbenjaminlaw
Each week, Benjamin Law asks public figures to discuss the subjects we're told to keep private by getting them to roll a die. The numbers they land on are the topics they're given. This week he talks to Dave Sharma. The federal Liberal MP for Wentworth, 43, is a former Australian ambassador to Israel. He succeeded fellow Liberal Malcolm Turnbull and independent Kerryn Phelps by winning the seat at the May election.
It’s funny: I didn’t necessarily expect to get preselected. After Malcolm resigned in quite dramatic circumstances, there was quite a big field of candidates. I wasn’t the establishment candidate; I hadn’t been a party member for a long time. When I won it, I thought, “Gosh, I’ve got to hang on to this seat now.” It was difficult, and I did lose. I didn’t necessarily think I’d try again, but enough people convinced me it was worth doing so and that I shouldn’t take it personally.
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