Grattan on Friday: Bill Shorten had a 'captain's fall' rather than making a 'captain's call'
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
One can only imagine the extreme tension gripping Bill Shorten, as the byelections in Longman and Braddon loom as “the only polls that count” for him in the immediate future.
For the first time in his leadership, the possibility of a serious threat to his position is there, resting in the hands of these voters in two marginal ALP seats...