Election 2016: Bomber Kim Beazley gives opposition campaign a clean 'Bill' of health

By Mark Kenny Chief Political Correspondent
Updated May 24 2016 - 4:13pm, first published 6:27am
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten chats with former Labor leader Kim Beazley on the front porch of his home in Perth.  Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten chats with former Labor leader Kim Beazley on the front porch of his home in Perth. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Bill Shorten meets Kim Beazley. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Bill Shorten meets Kim Beazley. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Kim Beazley adopted a "small target" strategy as opposition leader at the end of the 1990s but the Labor stalwart - not long back from his extended stint as Australia's US ambassador to Washington - thinks Malcolm Turnbull's decision to go for a long campaign and Bill Shorten's decision to take bold risks with policy, have put Labor in a stronger position.

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