An anti-vaxxer controversy has erupted around CliveFPalmer's United Australia Party, which says it 'hasn't finalised a position' on whether children should be vaccinated. ausvotes19 auspol
Bill Shorten has delivered an emotional defence of his mum after claims emerged that he didn't tell her full story during an appearance on Q&A this week." My mum suffered a catastrophic heart attack in her sleep … she never woke up. It's been about five years to last month when she passed away. I miss her every day," he said.
"She got about nine briefs in her time," Mr Shorten said. "It was actually a bit dispiriting. She had wanted to do law when she was 17. She didn't get that chance. She raised kids. "I chose to give you that last bit of the battle of her time at the Bar, because my mum would want me to say to older women in Australia – that just because you've got grey hair, just because you didn't go to a special private school, just because you don't go to the right clubs, just because you're not part of some back-slapping boy's club, doesn't mean you should give up. What I said at Q&A is what drives me.
Mr Shorten's speech was one of the most powerful of the campaign so far and was sparked by his mention of her circumstances on Q&A. Tele columnist Miranda Devine defended the coverage in an interview on Sky News ahead of Mr Shorten's press conference saying: "All we’ve done on the front page is point out a glaring omission from Bill Shorten's own narrative that he put forward into the election campaign about his mother. And he’s left out a big chunk.She said Mr Shorten had seemed to airbrush away a big segment of his mother's life.
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