Nick Xenophon to quit Senate and run for state seat of Hartley

By Mark Kenny, National Affairs Editor
Updated October 6 2017 - 10:03pm, first published 9:54pm
The Nick Xenophon team Left to Right Senator Skye Kakoschke-Moore Senator Stirling Griff Rebekha Sharkie member for Mayo and Senator Nick Xenophon at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 29 August 2016. Photo: Andrew Meares
The Nick Xenophon team Left to Right Senator Skye Kakoschke-Moore Senator Stirling Griff Rebekha Sharkie member for Mayo and Senator Nick Xenophon at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 29 August 2016. Photo: Andrew Meares

Australia's most influential independent political force, Nick Xenophon, has decided to quit federal politics to contest South Australia's March election, hoping to land a balance-of-power role that will decide not only which side forms government but what policies they can pursue.

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