Former education minister Alan Tudge is poised to quit politics, less than a year after just hanging on to his of seat of Aston
Former education minister Alan Tudge is set to quit politics, less than a year after just clinging on to his seat of Aston.
The MP for the outer-eastern Melbourne seat of Aston has endured several political scandals in recent years and his departure will not come as a major surprise to colleagues.He had not been sitting in parliament this week for the resumption of the political year, but returned to Canberra on Thursday and is expected to announce his retirement after question time.
If Frydenberg were to run and win the seat of Aston, it would mark an extraordinarily fast return to politics and bolster the Coalition frontbench. Campbell, who is also a barrister and columnist forran in preselection for the seat of Casey ahead of the last election but missed out to now-MP Aaron Violi. Were she to be pre-selected and win the seat, it would add female talent to Liberal ranks and begin to address a major problem identified in the Coalition’s post-election review.
Several of Tudge’s colleagues, who asked not to be named so they could speak freely, said they were not surprised by news of his expected resignation.Tudge was largely absent from the campaign trail at the May election after a term in which he stood aside from cabinet after his former lover and staffer Rachelle Miller accused him of being emotionally abusive and at one point physically abusive. He denied the claims and two inquiries made no findings against him.
The move means a byelection will be held in Aston, which takes in the Melbourne suburbs of Rowville and Knox. Tudge held the seat with a 10 per cent two-party preferred margin before the 2022 election, before an 11.6 per cent drop in first preference support whittled down the margin to 2.8 per cent.Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis from Jacqueline Maley.
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