I shall be resigning from the Federal Parliament as the Member for Mayo from the close of business on Monday, 14 July 2008. It has been a great honour to have served the people of Mayo for nearly 24 years and I am deeply grateful to them for the support ... more

There are three sorts of politician; the communitarian who wants to represent and argue for his or her local community and has no real ambition for promotion to Cabinet; the opportunist who sees politics as a way of achieving celebrity status and fame and ... more