Bill Shorten sends PM a letter asking for ‘smooth transition’ of government | Sky News Australia

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Nicholas Reece says the letter could have been better worded, and that Labor needs to be careful of being presumptuous, as ‘Australians do not like hubris at all’. Credlin

 

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Its not hubris labor is telling good thing it should smooth transition of government

Who voted slomo as pm I didn’t auspoll

Stuff Scott Morrison. Bill has every right to tell the lnp to stop stacking Gvt departments with their mates!

This arrogance is beyond !!!!

That letter is going to come back to bite billshortenmp not a good move on his part

Talk about counting your chickens before they hatch. Sooo presumptive.

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