He made an official public announcement in September. But in recent months, there had been speculation among Liberals that he might throw his hat back in the ring for the next election, following news that his supporters polled the Melbourne electorate on his behalf as recently as November. Mr Frydenberg, who is Jewish, has been highly concerned about antisemitism in Australia following the deadly terrorist attacks by Hamas that killed about 1200 Israelis on October 7. He has worked behind the scenes to co-ordinate public responses from senior business leaders and former prime ministers condemning antisemitic behaviour. But the 52-year-old...