Julie Bishop to contest next election, fires salvo at WA colleagues
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Former foreign minister Julie Bishop has announced she intends to contest the next election, a move that will set off speculation she still holds ambitions to be the Liberal party’s first female leader.
In an interview with her local newspaper, The Cambridge Post, Ms Bishop also lashed out at her Liberal colleagues in Western Australia for not voting for her in her failed bid to become prime minister.
The newspaper reported that Ms Bishop did not deny that she was dumped from Cabinet instead of voluntarily resigning.
Earlier this week, the 62-year old said it was too early to say whether she would seek an eighth term in Parliament. But she told The Post :“I’m assuming the next election will be around May, I’ll be there. I’m getting our campaign team together next week for our first meeting.”
Ms Bishop, who has been deputy of the party since 2007, said she ran for prime minister because she believed she had the policy experience and ability to unite the party.
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