Former Labor prime minister Paul Keating has slammed the dumping of Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus and Industry Minister Ed Husic from cabinet as a display of poor judgment, unfairness and diminished respect for the contribution of others.
As the factionally driven decisions sullied Labor’s election win, Keating said Anthony Albanese should have intervened.
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