Senator Gary Humphries is yet to contact Zed Seselja after his hopes for winning the bitter preselection feud were quashed at last night's Liberal Party meeting.
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However Mr Humphries has ruled out any further challenges, saying Federal Labor represented a "bigger enemy than fellow Liberals".
Speaking on ABC 666, Mr Humphries said he had no complaints about the process of the meeting, after which Zed Seselja emerged as the ACT Liberals Senate candidate.
“It didn’t come my way,” Mr Humphries said.
“I need to be seriously thinking about my career post politics.”
Mr Humphries said he used to consider himself as a mentor to Mr Seselja, but acknowledged that the preselection feud had broken several friendships.
“There are a few people who certainly aren’t on exchanging Christmas card terms in the party,” he said.
Both he and Mr Seselja said it was time for the party to move on.
“The party has overwhelmingly spoken and I think this will be the end of it,” Mr Seselja said.
“I think it’s important for the party to move on.”
On the radio this morning, Mr Seselja said people who couldn’t stand behind the party should consider their membership.
“Maybe they should consider why they are part of the Liberal Party,” he said.
Mr Seselja added that former party president Gary Kent “would obviously be one of those individuals who should be asking themselves that question”.
He said he had made no firm decision on his Legislative Assembly role as yet, but would be stepping down before the Federal Election to campaign full time.
Mr Seselja said it was too early to know if Mr Humphries would play a part in that campaign, noting that neither the senator or Opposition Leader Tony Abbott had contacted him yet.