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Shorten promises to work with coalition

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has promised to work with a coalition opposition if his party wins government on Saturday.

Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten
Bill Shorten has vowed to work with the coalition if Labor wins government on Saturday. (AAP)

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Bill Shorten has vowed to work with the coalition if Labor wins government on Saturday.

The opposition leader believes the country will "work better" if the major parties co-operate, lamenting his frustration at "petty partisanship, so hostage to the whim of the prime minister".

"If I lead a government, I will include the opposition," he promised during his National Press Club address in Canberra on Tuesday.


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