Senate President Scott Ryan to resign

Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief

Updated Sep 24, 2021 – 2.07pm, first published at 2.04pm

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Senate President Scott Ryan will quit federal Parliament this year, bringing forward his planned retirement to allow a replacement to be selected before Christmas.

Announcing the move to Senate colleagues in a statement on Friday afternoon, the Victorian Liberal said uncertainty about sittings of federal Parliament due to COVID-19 restrictions meant he needed to bring forward his plans to leave politics at next election.

Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent.