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Albo won't resign if ALP turns boats back

Anthony Albanese still doesn't support asylum-seeker boat turnbacks but won't resign if a future Labor government enforces the policy.

Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese
Anthony Albanese says he won't resign if a future Labor government turns back asylum-seeker boats. (AAP)

ALP opposition frontbencher Anthony Albanese says he won't resign if a future Labor government turns back asylum-seeker boats, even though he doesn't support the policy.

Mr Albanese voted against the policy at the ALP national conference last month but when asked if he'd resign as a minister if a Labor government implemented the policy, he said he wouldn't.

"I accept that that's a decision of the Labor Party and I'm bound by the platform just as when I'm in a majority position, other people are bound by that," he told Network Ten's Bolt Report.


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