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Matilda

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2. Because Shorten is ex-trade union boss (AWU),

Reply to Ken Burch (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 19, 2013, 02:29 AM

Sep 2013

who are mostly on the right-wing of the party, and the Right think they can control him.

Albo is from the left-wing of the party, and the unions will have no muscle where he's concerned.

I don't think the right-wing of the party cares if Labor loses, as long as they retain control of the party. That attitude has already cost Labor dearly both federally and in the states, yet they keep on doing things the way they always have.

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Labor left caucus concerned over insistence on Shorten from the right [View all] Matilda Sep 2013 OP

So why are these guys so fixated on putting Shorten in the leadership? Ken Burch Sep 2013 #1

Because Shorten is ex-trade union boss (AWU), Matilda Sep 2013 #2

Point of information: are there no left-wing unions in Australia? Ken Burch Sep 2013 #3

I'm not an expert on unions, Matilda Sep 2013 #4