Last Tuesday John Herron formally announced his intention to step down from the Senate.
- Gerard Henderson
- The Age
The former Howard Government minister declared: “I pay tribute also to the wonderful democracy we have in Australia; we have no…
Certainly Dr Herron’s wish to quit the Senate to take up a diplomatic posting came as no surprise – he is expected to become Australia’s ambassador to Ireland and the Vatican next year.
However, despite the obvious bonhomie of the occasion, the Queensland Liberal’s claim that Australian democracy has “no…