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Liberal senator Bill Heffernan to retire from politics at next election Liberal senator Bill Heffernan to retire from politics at next election
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The maverick Liberal senator Bill Heffernan will bow out of politics at the next federal election.The maverick Liberal senator Bill Heffernan will bow out of politics at the next federal election.
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Heffernan said on Saturday that he did not nominate for the NSW Liberal party Senate ticket but declined to comment further.Heffernan said on Saturday that he did not nominate for the NSW Liberal party Senate ticket but declined to comment further.
He was up for re-election at the next poll.He was up for re-election at the next poll.
The outspoken 72-year-old farmer is well known for smuggling a fake pipe bomb into parliament and for making false claims under parliamentary privilege about a former High Court judge.The outspoken 72-year-old farmer is well known for smuggling a fake pipe bomb into parliament and for making false claims under parliamentary privilege about a former High Court judge.