Can you job-share a seat in parliament? These two women want to try

Voters in the Melbourne seat of Higgins might have the opportunity to pick two federal MPs at the next election, amid an ambitious plan for a job-sharing ticket.

Lawyer and former political staffer Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock, a finance executive and governance expert, have launched a joint run as independents, proposing to work part-time, on a week on, week off arrangement.