Kristina Keneally frontbench position set to spark Labor factional brawl

New leader Anthony Albanese has backed more senior roles for women, but right faction is blocking NSW senator’s promotion

A factional brawl is set to erupt within the Labor party over concerns the party’s right faction may block Kristina Keneally’s elevation to the front bench.

New leader Anthony Albanese, who has indicated he wants to see more women in senior roles, is understood to have prevailed upon the party’s right faction to include Keneally in the group of MPs it wants in the shadow ministry.

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