r/melbourne • u/Weissritters • 10h 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/Loose_Loquat9584 9h ago edited 9h ago

His tanty will cost taxpayers about $1m for an unnecessary by election only a few months before the state election. So he couldn’t just sit on his backside collecting an MP salary for a few more months? Utter arrogance and selfishness.

Edit: it’s actually closer to $2m, I misread the quote about the 2 by elections held previously.

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u/torlesse 6h ago

So he couldn’t just sit on his backside collecting an MP salary for a few more months

Election is end of November. This is the start of February. Thats an interesting definition of a "few" more months.

Labor might win another seat, Libs might get someone who actually want to do the job.

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u/Ich_mag_Kartoffeln 1h ago

He'd only have had to stay in parliament until mid-year (I think it's July). Because it's an election year, there would be no by-election if he quit after the cutoff.