The latest episode in our life-after-politics series takes CBD to unfamiliar territory, the gym. But that’s where you’ll find, every day, former Liberal MP for the federal seat of Chisholm, Gladys Liu , who was famously lauded by her then-leader, Scott Morrison , on election night 2019: “How good is Gladys Liu?” A still from a video posted by Gladys Liu announcing that she has become a certified fitness trainer. Credit: Facebook Of course, the Hong Kong-born Liu went right out of fashion in Liberal circles as acting tough towards China became official policy, and she lost her seat to Labor’s Carina Garland in the 2022 election, when Liu’s primary vote collapsed by nearly 8 per cent.
Still, we’ve always admired the Liu stamina, and it’s often forgotten how hard she worked over many years to overcome racial and gender barriers to get to represent the seat in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs. Gladys Liu has had a career change. Credit: John Shakespeare So maybe we shouldn’t be surprised at Liu’s next career step: she landed her certification as a fitness trainer a few weeks ago.
This development, announced to her social media followers, has not come out of the clear blue sky. Liu completed her first Melbourne Marathon in October and has been appearing occasionally at park runs in the eastern suburbs. She told the SBS Chinese language service that she was at the gym every day now, and reminded viewers of the dangers of muscle atrophy to those of us who fail to st.