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Bill borrows from Trump’s protectionist playbook

21 February 2017

7:34 AM

21 February 2017

7:34 AM

Donald Trump’s ascendancy has provided ample fodder for left-leaning politicians, GetUp! and other aggrieved members of the activist class seeking to claim the Turnbull-led Coalition is intent on taking a right-wing wrecking ball to the core of Australian civil society.

Yet it is Bill Shorten, not Malcolm Turnbull, who has taken his lead from the Donald’s playbook.

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