Brian Howe on what Bill Shorten must do to revitalise social democracy
- Written by Brian Howe, Professorial Associate in the Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne
Over the weekend, The Australian published a piece by Troy Bramston, plugging his recent biography of Paul Keating. In the article, Keating is quoted as suggesting Bill Shorten is not the right person to lead the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He argues that Shorten has led the Party too far from the political centre and that this is part of the...