Tim Pallas announces he is standing down as Victorian treasurer and that he will retire from politics.
Tim Pallas has announced he is standing down as Victorian treasurer and that he will resign as an MP.
"There's no great time to leave the great honour that is high public office, but that time for me I think has come if I have to accept the basic proposition that I don't have exclusive tenure on the role," he said. "I don't believe I have any responsibility or any right to prohibit that opportunity for this government."Federal Government
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