In the lead-up to today’s byelection in the Melbourne seat of Batman, federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has been asked the same question over and over: Would a future Labor government revoke approval for Indian conglomerate Adani’s contentious Carmichael coalmine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin?
“If we form a government, if all the work is done and all the contracts, the approvals, I’ll make it very clear, we’re not going to enter into sovereign risk,” Bill Shorten said on Wednesday. But beyond Batman, Labor needs to work out how to make the great big mine in Queensland stack up politically – whether or not it goes ahead. Karen Middleton reports.
Plus: Paul Bongiorno on Bill Shorten’s Robin Hood tax reform, and Martin McKenzie-Murray and Andrea Booth on BUPA’s push to Americanise healthcare.
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