Long-serving Tasmanian Speaker Michael Polley has announced he is retiring from politics.
Michael Polley was first elected to Tasmania’s House of Assembly in 1972 when he was just 21 years old.
He is Australia’s longest currently serving politician.
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He says his pro-development stance sometimes saw him labelled conservative.
“You know, having a pulp mill wasn’t just to do with the timber industry, we need to have more industry here.”
The 63-year-old says he plans to spend his retirement supporting his wife, Northern Midlands mayor Kim Polley.
*Pic: The Record, where Michael Polley says: Mr Polley is open about his Catholic faith and says his main reason for not supporting the bill is faith-based. “My faith base is that the family is based on the mum and the dad and the children.” “Once you move past a certain thing, as the years roll on they’ll become the norm and history has shown people drop their standards.”
