Two senior members of the Morrison government, Health Minister Greg Hunt and former attorney-general Christian Porter, will retire at the federal election.
Mr Hunt is expected to announce plans to quit his Victorian seat of Flinders on Thursday, while Mr Porter confirmed reports he would quit after the damaging fallout from historic rape allegations and secret donations to fund his legal bills.
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