Original article by Andrew Tillett
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 2 : 18-Jan-23

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has paid tribute to NSW Liberal senator Jim Molan, who has died at the age of 72. The Australian Army veteran unsuccessfully contested the 2016 federal election, but he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the upper house when Nationals senator Fiona Nash was disqualified due to British citizenship by descent. Molan had more than five years left of his eight-year term, and senior Liberal sources have indicated that the party may delay filling the casual vacancy to avoid creating a distraction for the NSW government ahead of the state election in March. The seat could also potentially provide an opening for Premier Dominic Perrottet to enter federal politics if he loses the election.

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