China-Australia free trade agreement a dud deal: Bill Shorten

By Mark Kenny
Updated September 4 2015 - 4:08pm, first published September 3 2015 - 8:13pm
Anxiety about the China free trade deal is running high, according to Labor  leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Anxiety about the China free trade deal is running high, according to Labor leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Tony Abbott, speaking in Melbourne, said the only people against the deal were Mr Shorten and the CFMEU. Photo: Joe Armao
Tony Abbott, speaking in Melbourne, said the only people against the deal were Mr Shorten and the CFMEU. Photo: Joe Armao
Trade Minister Andrew Robb has repeatedly warned that China could pull out of the deal if Parliament quibbles with labour-market testing provisions. Photo: Andrew Meares
Trade Minister Andrew Robb has repeatedly warned that China could pull out of the deal if Parliament quibbles with labour-market testing provisions. Photo: Andrew Meares

Bill Shorten has moved to put the China-Australia free trade agreement at centre-stage of the Canning byelection while brushing off claims he is isolated now that a slew of Labor premiers and other senior figures are backing the deal.

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