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NSW National Party MP for Cowper Luke Hartsuyker is retiring at the next federal election.
He has been a
member of the federal parliament since 2001 and is a clear example of a man
rising to the level of his own political incompetence.
Hartsuyker has briefly
held one ministerial and three assistant ministerial positions since entering parliament – the last ending in March this year:
Assistant
Minister for Employment from 18.9.13 to 21.9.15 (2 years).
Minister
for Vocational Education and Skills from 21.9.15 to 18.2.16 (less than 5
months).
Assistant
Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister from 19.7.16 to 20.12.17 (17 months).
Assistant
Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment from 20.12.17 to 5.3.18 (less than 3
months).
Hartsuyker
was Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the House of Representatives from 18.9.13
to 18.2.16 (approximately 2 years & 4 months).
By the time the next federal election rolls
around Luke Hartsuyker will have been in the Australian Parliament for 17
years, yet the best his party could say of him when he announced his intention
to resign was to list as his achievements work
largely done by other politicians.
I am sure
there are parts of the Cowper electorate where his name barely registers with
local residents and one has to suspect it won't take too many years before the only way he is remembered is as an obscure name on weathered building dedication plaques.
What, Luke’s retiring? I thought he’d retired years ago - he’s certainly been a Clayton’s member, the member you have when you don’t have a member! Ken
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