“It is a con by a desperate leader and this latest policy will be lucky to make it to the election let alone be implemented”, Dutton said.
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The problem at the heart of Labor’s border protection policy is that Bill Shorten wants to replicate Tony Abbott’s boats policy without the sharp and ugly edges: the secrecy, the selfishness and the cruelty.
The Greens have accused Mr Shorten of “kowtowing” to the government’s policy of turning back asylum seeker boats.
Former immigration minister Scott Morrison – who now looks after social services – said Labor was “all talk on turn backs”.
“And we have stopped the boats and we will continue to make sure these people smugglers can’t get into business”.
“I’m prepared to say: good on Bill”, Mr Abbott told ABC television on Thursday.
DODGING questions about his trustworthiness after being shown in an ABC documentary aiding the overthrow of previous prime ministers, Mr Shorten took credit for ending the disunity in his party.
Victorian MP Anna Burke said a few voters would be reconsidering their support for Labor.
Shorten is also facing challenges on party reform, with the fate of a push for local membership votes for Senate preselections still uncertain.
‘Labor giving themselves the “option” to turn back boats is what they promise at every election, ‘ he wrote on Twitter.
In an opinion piece, Shorten has warned that a binding vote on same-sex marriage would place “a handful of Labor MPs” in a very difficult position.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has vowed to rework the China free trade deal in order to safeguard local job opportunities and conditions. Above all, their aim is to head off the fight for a genuine socialist and internationalist alternative, based on recognising the fundamental right of all working people to live and work where they choose, with full civil and political rights. However, Mr Shorten is expected to be less ambitious in his internal reform plans, settling for a trial of candidate selection “primaries” and making joining the party easier and cheaper.
Labor’s previous long-term renewable target, outlined for the 2010 election, committed it to “40 per cent of generation in 2050” whereas this policy goes harder at 50 per cent and over a much shorter time-frame of just15 years rather than 40.
“I put the case for party reform back in 2013 and I wanted to see more Labor members having more of a say, more often”, Shorten said.
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“I can no longer escape the conclusion that Labor, if we form a government, needs to have all the options on the table”, he said.
