Labor, Liberal pollies to call it quits FORMER prime minister Julia Gillard may be the highest profile politician quitting Canberra, but she's far from the only one. Indeed, some of Australia's most respected and long-serving pollies will bid federal politics farewell when parliament rises on Friday. The ALP's losing a raft of senior figures, most of whom announced their retirements in the wake of Kevin Rudd toppling Ms Gillard as Labor leader. One of Labor's most high-profile retirees is former opposition leader and senior minister Simon Crean. Mr Crean, 64, won't contest the upcoming election after 23 years in parliament, having first won the Victorian seat of Hotham in 1990. He joins Greg Combet, Simon Conroy, Craig Emerson, Peter Garrett and Stephen Smith as Labor stalwarts to quit. Other outgoing Labor members are former ministers Robert McClelland and Nicola Roxon, former speaker Harry Jenkins, Capricornia MP Kirsten Livermore, Bendigo MP Steve Gibbons and Newcastle's Sharon Grierson. For the Liberal Party, Gilmore's Joanna Gash, Pearce's Judi Moylan, Hume's Alby Schultz, Barker's Patrick Secker, Hinkler's Paul Neville, Fairfax's Alex Somlyay, and Moore's Mal Washer are all walking away. Senate retirees are Labor's Chris Evans from Western Australia and Trish Crossin from the Northern Territory, and the coalition's Sue Boyce, from Queensland.