Liberal party members will select a new candidate to run in former attorney-general Christian Porter's seat after he announced he wouldn't contest the next election:
Liberal party members will select a new candidate to run in former attorney general Christian Porter's seat after he announced he wouldn't contest the next election.
Mr Porter has held the seat since 2013 and the seat has remained in Liberal hands since its inception in 1990. In a lengthy Facebook post, he said he wouldn't be able to give the next three years his all after "experiencing the harshness of modern politics more than most".
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