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ALP national conference: experts respond

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imageThe ALP's national conference, held in Melbourne over the weekend, was Bill Shorten's first as Labor leader.AAP/Tracey Nearmy

Bill Shorten survived an internal push for a future Labor government to ban turning back asylum seeker boats at the ALP national conference.

The party’s three-day national conference, which concluded in Melbourne on...

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Labor conference leaves Shorten stronger

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageLabor leader Bill Shorten addresses delegates during the final day of the ALP national conference.Tracey Nearmy/AAP

Bill Shorten has emerged from the ALP’s national conference looking more like an alternative prime minister than he did before.

Shorten, whose leadership has been in a serious low, won convincingly on the big defining issue of...

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