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Seselja resigns from Assembly

FORMER Canberra Liberals leader Zed Seselja has announced he will resign from the ACT Legislative Assembly next Tuesday June 11. 

Zed Seselja
Zed Seselja
Mr Seselja will make a valedictory speech in the Assembly this Thursday, which will be his last sitting day.

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank the people of Canberra whom I have represented for 8½ years, and who I fought for as Opposition leader,” said Mr Seselja.

“l hope to continue to represent and fight for them in the Senate. I look forward to spending time out in the community talking to Canberrans about the issues that matter to them and their families.”

Mr Seselja won a preselection battle with incumbent Senator for the ACT Gary Humphries earlier this year.

Over the coming months, he will divide his time between consulting with Canberra firm Landscape Research+Communications and campaigning for the September 14 election.

In the next few weeks a countback will be conducted from candidates who unsuccessfully ran in the electorate of Brindabella at the last election, to determine Mr Seselja’s replacement. It is expected there will be a replacement announced in time for the August sittings of the Assembly.

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