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Andrew Brown, Dominic Giannini and Tess Ikonomou

'I never took my time for granted': retiring Labor MP

Departing MP Michelle Ananda-Rajah described her time in parliament as "character building". (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Holding back tears after her seat was scrapped in a boundary distribution, first-term Labor MP Michelle Ananda-Rajah says she never took her shortlived time in Australia's parliament for granted. 

The medical doctor made her valedictory speech after her Melbourne seat of Higgins was scrapped in a redistribution by the Australian Electoral Commission. 

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