CANBERRA OBSERVED Will Bill Shorten emerge from the shadows again?*

Never say never is a truism that applies to anyone who harbours ambition for the top jobs in politics, however improbable those ambitions may be. The now-retired doyen of the Canberra Press Gallery Laurie Oakes often said there wasn’t a single member of the House of Representatives who did not hold a secret ambition in their heart that would result in them becoming prime minister if all the cards fell their way. It is no surprise therefore that the vanquished Bill Shorten cannot br…

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