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Byelection wins embolden Labor to up the pressure on Turnbull

The Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten speaks to media with newly elected member for Longman Susan Lamb in Narangba, north of Brisbane, Sunday, July 29, 2018. (AAP Image/Glenn Hunt) NO ARCHIVING

The Leader of the Opposition, Bill Shorten speaks to media with Susan Lamb in Narangba the day after her win in the Longman by-election. Source: AAP

Encouraged by crucial by-election victories, Labor leader Bill Shorten is increasing the pressure on Malcolm Turnbull to dump his planned corporate tax cuts and quit as prime minister. The result has also sparked talk among Coalition frontbenchers of a policy rethink on the tax cuts.



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