Dashing high hopes after a byelection win, the potential future leader announced he was quitting. Shocked MPs are pondering what’s next
His two daughters would also occasionally appear at press conferences.“It’s a massive loss,” another Liberal MP said. “He was our most talented performer in the upper house by a long shot. He wasn’t pretentious, competitive or machiavellian.The party is acutely aware of the void, electing first-term MP Evan Mulholland unopposed to fill Bach’s position.
“If you’re an outer-suburban, mid-30s Victorian with a mortgage and a couple of kids, I’m in your corner, and you’ve got a seat at the table,” Mulholland said. Mulholland is a former Institute of Public Affairs staffer but has sought to differentiate himself from the conservative thinktank while in parliament.and more development in established suburbs, in an effort to get more renters into their own homes.
After the Liberal party’s win in the Warrandyte byelection – heralded by the deputy leader, David Southwick, as a “new dawn” for the party despite it being a safe seat and Labor’s decision not to run a candidate – its focus was again on itself.
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