Victorian Senator Kim Carr to Retire in June

Victorian Senator Kim Carr to Retire in June
Senator Kim Carr asks questions during Senate Estimates at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Feb. 18, 2019. Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images
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Labor’s Kim Carr has announced that he would retire from the Australian parliament at the May election after having been a senator for the state of Victoria since 1993.

Senator Carr, who is 66 years old and the longest-serving member of the Australian Senate, said he was not pursuing endorsement for a place on Labor’s Victorian Senate ticket and would conclude his career as a senator when his current term ended on June 30.

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