
Labor leader needs to support coal, regional jobs: Fitzgibbon
Labor frontbencher Joel Fitzgibbon says he will have a tilt at the Labor leadership if no other candidate will stand up for regional Australia and the coalmining industry.
Labor frontbencher Joel Fitzgibbon says he will have a tilt at the Labor leadership if no other candidate will stand up for regional Australia and the coalmining industry.
Labor’s conceding defeat in the battle for the crucial Adelaide seat of Boothby has helped propel Scott Morrison and the re-elected Coalition to expected majority government following Saturday’s surprise election result.
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