He shortened other notes—"Again, just to let it breathe".
He shortened other notes — "Again, just to let it breathe".
Asked if Labor could back the policy with amendments, Shorten noted that Dutton had already ruled out any changes.
Shorten noted on Tuesday there was now a "coalition of the willing" in the new parliament to ban foreign donations.
Shorten noted Malcolm Turnbull, before he became prime minister in September, had backed a free vote in parliament.
Shorten noted that Turnbull had supported a parliamentary vote on same-sex marriage, before taking over from Tony Abbott as prime minister in September.
"Labor has said we don't support sending combat troops in formed units into Iraq, just as the government has said," Shorten noted Friday.
Shorten noted the growing divide between the losers and winners from technological disruption such as cab drivers on the one hand and Uber on the other, or Ford and Holden workers as opposed to "preachers of disruption".
Shorten noted "hoopla and showmanship" in the joint announcement by the PUP leader, Clive Palmer, and the climate crusader Al Gore on carbon policy last week, but emphasised "significant points of climate consensus" including the retention of the renewable energy target, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, and the Climate Change Authority.
The Wigmore Hall programme books were this season halved in price, and the notes shortened, but that did not prevent Misha Donat from being able to elucidate, in his superbly sensitive way, the string quartets I heard performed there by two groups: the Artemis Quartet, from Berlin, and the (British) Doric String Quartet, whose recital comprised the second three of Haydn's Op 64 set of six.
Think of it as a staccato in music, which shortens the note.
