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PoliticsNow: 'Deeply psychotic': Wayne Swan slams opposition

ALP president says conservatives are arguing culture wars, as Australians 'are no longer as concerned with debt'.

Sarah Ison, Lydia Lynch and Mackenzie Scott
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4:48AMAugust 17, 2023.
Updated 5:25PMAugust 17, 2023
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Former Treasurer Wayne Swan has gone on the attack at the 49th ALP National Conference 2023 in Brisbane. Picture: Dan Peled / NCA NewsWire
Former Treasurer Wayne Swan has gone on the attack at the 49th ALP National Conference 2023 in Brisbane. Picture: Dan Peled / NCA NewsWire

Welcome to rolling coverage of news from Canberra and around the country. On the agenda today: the first day of Labor's national conference in Brisbane. 

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