![Stephen Conroy's reisignation blind-sided many in the Labor Party.](/web/20160916072141im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/h/o/g/4/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gri69n.png/1474009848544.jpg)
Conroy quietly exits politics for expected business role
Labor's deputy senate leader Stephen Conroy appears headed for the corporate world after taking his entire party by surprise, including Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Acting Leader Tanya Plibersek, with a low-key, late-night resignation just two weeks into his six-year term.