Bill Shorten says Labor could win the election despite its controversial policy agenda, which includes higher taxes on capital and an economy-wide approach to cutting emissions, because "the times suit us''.
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Bill Shorten has told a restive business sector that a Labor government would work with it but not for it. But neither, he said, would it be beholden to the trade union movement.
While his policy platform on industrial relations and company tax was unlikely to change, Mr Shorten said Labor would give business "the tools to have profitable, productive successful enterprises''.
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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/hope-v-fear-shorten-s-pledge-to-business-20190425-p51h9i
