Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's fight to have budget reply aired on prime time ABC

By Royce Millar and Ben Schneiders
Updated May 21 2015 - 4:18pm, first published 3:11pm
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten delivers the budget reply at Parliament House. Photo: Andrew Meares
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten delivers the budget reply at Parliament House. Photo: Andrew Meares

Opposition leader Bill Shorten had to fight for his budget reply to be broadcast on prime time ABC TV after a proposal by the national broadcaster to relegate the speech to its specialist current affairs outlet, News 24.

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