Clare O'Neil rules herself out of Labor deputy leader race and endorses Richard Marles

Frontbencher says her party took a big risky policy agenda to the election that was hard to explain and easy to weaponise

Clare O’Neil has ruled herself out of the race for deputy Labor leader, endorsing fellow Victorian rightwinger Richard Marles.

The shadow financial services minister told ABC’s Insiders on Sunday she believed she could do the “front-facing” aspect of the role but Marles, the shadow defence minister, would be better at the internal aspect of “bringing the party together behind the leader”.

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