Bill Shorten: 'We've got to end the climate change war'

Exclusive: Marking five years as opposition leader, Shorten tackles thorny topics – energy, offshore detention and trade

Bill Shorten has signalled Labor will keep the national energy guarantee and maintain subsidies for households and businesses to install small-scale renewable energy until 2030, as the shadow cabinet prepares to deliberate on energy policy.

In a wide-ranging interview marking five years as opposition leader, Shorten also revealed Labor was in talks with the Australian Medical Association about conditions on Nauru, and indicated announcements were coming imminently on what he termed “progressive trade policy”. Some leftwing unions are in open revolt about the party’s decision to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.

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