Andrew Robb struck a regretful note as he confirmed his departure from politics in federal Parliament on Thursday, reminding his colleagues he had started late in the place at the age of 53.
"And I feel in some ways I have been in a hurry ever since," the Trade Minister observed, no doubt pondering if he might have been overseeing the farewells if things had proceeded differently during the leadership tumult on both sides of politics since he entered Parliament in 2004.
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