What if Bill Shorten had become PM in 2019?
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Politics is full of “what ifs?” As Bill Shorten prepares to exit parliament early next year, and Anthony Albanese may be on the path to a minority government, the question invites itself: what if Shorten had won the 2019 election?
At the time, it seemed to most observers the unlosable election – until he lost it.
Events would...





