Federal defence minister Christopher Pyne has resigned from parliament after 26 years as a South Australian MP and will not contest the federal election in May.
Announcing his resignation in Adelaide on 2 March, Pyne said that after quitting politics he intended to “go into the private sector and try and create a business”.
“It’s nice to leave when people are asking me to stay rather than when people are asking me to go,” he told reporters.
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