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Grattan on Friday: Everything's going Bill Shorten's way

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageThe fight over penalty rates is an issue made for Bill Shorten's skill set.Paul Miller/AAP

Bill Shorten has been on holidays this week. Probably just as well. The “energizer bunny” would have felt the need to be out every day, as usual. His absence left more room for the fractured Liberals.

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