Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna September 1997, Quirke akasiya chigaro chake muImba yeParamende kuti asarudzwe kupinda muSeneti, achizadza nzvimbo isina kukwana yakakonzerwa nekurega basa kwaDominic Foreman. Akasarudzwa pachake musarudzo yemubatanidzwa ya1998 uye akazosarudzwa semutevedzeri weti. Quirke akatungamira Select Committee on the Socio-Economic Consequences of the National Competition Policy, iyo yakagadzwa muna 1998 uye yakashuma muna 2000. Akatsigira kuvhota kwe"Hungu" mu1999 muAustralia referendamu yehurumende
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