Labor leader Bill Shorten praises Fremantle MP who opposed laws increasing the powers of security agencies in the name of counter-terrorismOne of the Australian Labor party’s most outspoken opponents of offshore detention,mass surveillance and live animal exports will not contest the next federal election.
Melissa Parke, who has represented the West Australian seat of Fremantle since 2007, or said she would not seek a fourth term because it was “time for me to be closer to my family and to travel less.
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Source: theguardian.com