Labor Right ‘sharpening knives’ for Marles over Husic, Dreyfus axing
Outgoing frontbencher Ed Husic believes his support for Palestine and criticisms of Israel were among the reasons he lost his spot in the second-term Albanese cabinet.
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Husic absent without leave pass or explanation
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Albanese leaves Labor Right ministers Dreyfus and Husic behind
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Keating attacks Albanese for not saving Husic, Dreyfus
NSW Labor Right legend Paul Keating has lashed Anthony Albanese for allowing the Victorian Right to garner more power, saying the Prime Minister failed to make another ‘captain’s call’ to keep Ed Husic and Mark Dreyfus in the ministry.
‘He’ll blame Labor, he’ll blame Liberals, he’ll blame voters, but never himself’
The Greens are in crisis and searching for a leader after Adam Bandt became the latest victim of Anthony Albanese’s stunning election victory by losing the far-left party’s stranglehold over the centre of Melbourne.
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Lib MPs urge unity ticket as Abbott blasts Dutton’s lack of ‘conviction’
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