Gideon goes off on Gil McLachlan: "Here's a man who helped sport and sports broadcasting develop their parallel addictions to gambling money. Gambling is, as smoking was, a slow acting poison that uses sport to mask its taste."
This morning I announced my resignation as Senator for Western Australia, effective from 26 January 2024.
Regrettably, my recent treatment for cancer means that my health, although slowly improving, has left me physically unable to continue as a Senator.
It has been an honour.