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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Mostafa Rachwani and AAP

Tasmanian education minister Sarah Courtney quits politics following French vacation criticism

Tasmanian education minister, Sarah Courtney, in her role as health minister in 2020
Sarah Courtney, who will quit her roles as education minister and member for Bass, had previously held the health portfolio in Tasmania’s cabinet. Photograph: Rob Blakers/AAP

Tasmania’s education minister, Sarah Courtney, has announced she is resigning from politics amid criticism for taking a French holiday as stressed parents prepared to send their children back to school during the pandemic.

Courtney’s holiday went for several weeks and overlapped with the return to school and uncertainty over Covid restrictions and concerns, drawing criticism from Labor and the Greens.

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