McCormack must live in a parallel universe if he ever thought Broad’s account of flying off on an overseas date, followed by an apparent move to extract money from him, was just “a personal matter”.
Rudd told the conference the Coalition had “a very robust” partner in the “Murdoch party” which had an ideology.
In a counter attack against the Coalition, which is running hard on the ALP being soft on borders, Shorten accused the government of “telling lies about Labor” and thereby “doing the dirty work of the people smugglers.”
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He said the $500 million would directly improve orderly regional processing and resettlement in the region and countries closer to where refugees originally come from.
Shorten’s message is that Labor is ready for office.
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The government is worried about a conference which is a highly managed affair where divisions are being contained and participants have their eyes firmly on the prize of Labor winning power next year.
He will be regarded as a safe and uncontroversial choice, although some critics will say the government should have looked beyond former military ranks.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison timed his news conference in Canberra with the governor-general designate to coincide with Bill Shorten’s opening address at the ALP national conference in Adelaide.