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Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten laughed off claims that the residual fat in his pectoral area was a bad look Picture: AAP/Mick Tsikas
BILL Shorten has shrugged off critiques of his man boobs, bouncing right back to his morning run and declaring he doesn’t take fashion advice from Mark Latham.
Mr Shorten laughed off claims that the residual fat in his pectoral area was a bad look, starting the day pounding the pavement in Sydney.
Asked about an opinion piece by former Labor leader Mark Latham discussing his so-called “man boobs’’, Mr Shorten said he’d put Mr Latham’s fashion advice “in the same box I put Scott Morrison’s’’.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten went for his usual morning run while in Sydney. Picture: Kym SmithSource:News Corp Australia
Treasurer Scott Morrison has previously criticised Mr Shorten for his “ill-fitting suits’’.
Mr Shorten then hit the hustings, campaigning on his pet topic of education with deputy Tanya Plibersek and education spokeswoman Kate Ellis.
The trio visited a high school in the Western Sydney electorate of Reid, once again talking up the party’s education policy.
This time they were spruiking their Science, Technology, Maths and Engineering (STEM) program, announcing $393 million over five years for 25,000 teaching scholarships for recent graduates with STEM degrees.
Ms Ellis said parents would be “quite rightly horrified’’ if they knew how few secondary school teachers who taught science and mathematics actually held qualifications in these subjects.
“And I mean seriously, though, what I’m focused on is the issues,’’ Mr Shorten said.
“I said at the start of this election, it’s not just about the personalities, what I think’s important, and what Australians are hungry for, is a debate for ideas.’’
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek and Labor's candidate for Reid, Angelo Tsirekas pose for a selfie with students from Domremy College. Picture: Mark Metcalfe/GettySource:Getty Images
Mr Shorten yesterday set the scene to continue grilling Mr Turnbull over his links to the Panama Papers scandal.
Mr Turnbull’s directorship of a company incorporated by Mossack Fonseca, claiming his explanation to date was inadequate.
“Mr Turnbull’s answers yesterday were not satisfactory,’’ he said.
“He has to make a full explanation, as my colleagues have called for earlier today.
“He has an opportunity at the debate to make a full explanation.’’
Asked on Thursday about revelations his former company Star Technology Services Limited had been linked with the law firm implicated in the Panama Papers for helping to facilitate tax avoidance scheme, Mr Turnbull said there was no wrongdoing.