Sydney Morning Herald | Joe Hockey exits stage left as pre-Christmas byelection looms Sydney Morning Herald Former treasurer Joe Hockey will formally quit Parliament this week ahead of an expected diplomatic posting to Washington, completing the baton-transfer to new Treasurer Scott Morrison and sparking a byelection in the blue-ribbon Liberal seat of North ... Joe Hockey quits: Turnbull faces North Sydney by-election Byelection test for Malcolm Turnbull as Joe Hockey to quit Joe Hockey likely to deliver farewell speech in parliament on Oct. 21 |