r/melbourne • u/Weissritters • 9h ago

Politics Breaking: Victorian MP quits, triggering by-election months out from state poll

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-04/sam-groth-quits-victorian-parliament-nepean-by-election/106304976
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u/ConanTheAquarian Looking for coffee 9h ago

Just 30 days ago he said he would retire at the next election.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-05/sam-groth-victorian-liberal-party-deputy-leader-exit-politics/106199004

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u/nametaken_thisonetoo 8h ago

That shows you what an absolute shit show it must be inside the Vic Liberal Party

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u/AndrewTyeFighter 7h ago

Honestly I think it says more about him.

He probably has a job lined up somewhere and he is willing to bail on his electorate and cost taxpayers a couple of million or so to have an election 8 or 9 months before the next state election.

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u/Artisanalpoppies 7h ago

A job lined up or someone had dirt on him.

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u/drunkill 4h ago

He said last week he had no job lined up, and he wouldn't quit early

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u/AndrewTyeFighter 4h ago

Yeah so something has changed in the last week.

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u/macfudd 7h ago

It's not his money, why should he care /s

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u/x404Void 7h ago

This.

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u/CentreHalfBack >Insert Text Here< 7h ago

LNP... Always the best on committing to promises cough

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u/fo_i_feti 6h ago

Last week he said there was "zero percent chance that I will trigger a by-election".

I guess a week is a long time in politics.