Labor MP Tim Hammond quits for family reasons, creating byelection in WA
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Labor Party faces a byelection in the seat of Perth after first-term MP Tim Hammond announced he was leaving politics because of the difficulties of being separated from his young children.
“I thought I had an appreciation of how to manage my duties as a federal member of parliament in a way that did not have such an impact on my...
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