Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has escalated the education funding battle by offering public schools a $14 billion funding boost over the coming decade.
Shadow Energy Minister Mark Butler is remaining coy on whether Labor will push to phase out coal exports by 2050 in the wake of a landmark United Nations climate change report.
Hundreds of protesters on Tuesday night congregated around the Sydney Opera House equipped with torches and phone lights to mitigate the Everest horse race illumination, which was broadcast on the building's sails.
Labor maintains it will make changes to the Trans-Pacific Partnership if elected, a day after leader Bill Shorten held crisis talks with disgruntled unions.
The Treasurer has called on US and China to abate their trade war as the International Monetary Fund warns Australia's economy could be damaged by the warring giants.
Labor Party President Wayne Swan has echoed the International Monetary Fund's warning over the US-China trade war, saying countries like Australia will be the ones who bear the brunt of the ongoing dispute.
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