Voters believe Labor is the party best able to manage relations with China as Opposition Leader Bill Shorten repudiated former prime minister Paul Keating's call to "clean out" intelligence agencies for harbouring anti-Beijing sentiment.
Former prime minister Paul Keating arrives at the Labor campaign launch in Brisbane. Dominic Lorrimer
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