The process to replace former foreign affairs minister Marise Payne in the Senate has officially begun, with two former federal MPs attempting to revive their political careers.
Ten Liberals are vying to fill the Senate spot vacated by former foreign affairs minister Marise Payne, with former ACT senator Zed Seselja and former Wentworth MP Dave Sharma eyeing a return to Canberra.
The 46-year-old conservative rose to become minister for the Pacific under Scott Morrison but was turfed out of parliament by independent David Pocock during the 2022 federal election. After running third in the party’s last preselection in May, Liberal insiders believed Collins, a research fellow with the Lowy Institute, had turned her attention to ousting teal independent MP Kylea Tink in North Sydney.Liberal sources said she would need to decide relatively soon whether she would run for the senate or in North Sydney.
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