Growing signs that Coalition leadership could swing weight behind bill to alter constitution. Follow the day’s news live
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Anthony Albanese warned the Labor caucus yesterday that very few of the party’s efforts to change the constitution down the years have succeeded. But he will be hoping that late-night talks between all sides in Canberra last night could pave the way for the Coalition to swing behind the referendum bill in a rare outbreak of bipartisanship. We’ll have more on this shortly.
Continue reading…Growing signs that Coalition leadership could swing weight behind bill to alter constitution. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to Guardian Australia’s rolling news coverage of the day in politics and beyond. I’m Martin Farrer and I’ll be updating you with the main overnight breaking stories before Amy Remeikis takes the controls again.Anthony Albanese warned the Labor caucus yesterday that very few of the party’s efforts to change the constitution down the years have succeeded. But he will be hoping that late-night talks between all sides in Canberra last night could pave the way for the Coalition to swing behind the referendum bill in a rare outbreak of bipartisanship. We’ll have more on this shortly. Continue reading…