Sentence examples for shorten election from inspiring English sources

After the momentary celebration on social media by those who have always despised Abbott, the truth became apparent that a Turnbull vs Shorten election is probably going to go well for Turnbull.

Nevertheless, the majorities of respondents are totally correct -- we should scrap the stupid primary system, shorten the entire election season, and for Pete's sake let's also have Election Day on a weekend or make it a national holiday, for the sake of all humanity, the end.

If Shorten loses this election, he wins politically.

Shorten characterised the election choice as "Malcolm or Medicare: you can't have both".

Shorten said the election of Donald Trump as president shows "old certainties are shifting" and Australia needs to learn from it.

Before the election Shorten said Labor would not accept the Coalition's "grubby deal" for a plebiscite; after the election and a meeting with the prime minister he said he was "not convinced" about it.

"We just want the Coalition government to say we'll keep our promises; we won't break it; no school will be worse off as we said before the election," Shorten said.

While Labor also banked the Coalition's savings on superannuation before the election, Shorten said on Wednesday he would oppose three measures – not yet legislated – contained in the Coalition superannuation reform package.

After the election, Shorten wrote to the prime minister to urge they write a joint submission, given such a submission would have a significant bearing on the commission's ultimate conclusion.

"What good is it for kids whose parents are same-sex attracted to have to go through this... and be vilified and stigmatised?" Before the election Shorten said Labor would not accept the Coalition's "grubby deal" for a plebiscite; after the election and a meeting with the prime minister he said he was "not convinced" about it.

And Labor's accusation that the Coalition intends to privatise Medicare (it is actually considering outsourcing Medicare's payment system) is obviously biting and set to feature large in the final two weeks, with Shorten declaring the election a "referendum on the future of Medicare".