NSW Transport Minister David Elliott hits out at party factions as he announces retirement

NSW Transport Minister David Elliott has joined a growing list of government members announcing they will quit state politics next year. Key points: David Elliott said "it was clear" he had no support to contest the seat of Castle Hill His seat of Baulkham Hills will be abolished at the 2023 state election and split up into other electorates Eleven Coalition MPs have now announced their retirement from politics ahead of next year's election Changes to electoral boundaries mean Mr Elliott's seat of Baulkham Hills will be abolished at the 2023 election and today he told the media he could not be "accommodated" in the new seat of Castle Hill. Mr Elliott, who was first elected to parliament in 2011, said it was disappointing he did not have factional support to run for Castle Hill and hit out at the Liberal Party and contemporary politics for being "transactional". "Whenever there's a redistribution it's like playing dice, you've just got to wait and see where the boundaries lie and on this occasion the boundaries didn't lie in my favour," Mr Elliott said.