Shorten adviser quits amid blackface costume scandal

By Adam Gartrell
Updated October 23 2017 - 10:12pm, first published 6:24pm
Steve Michelson has quit Bill Shorten's office following the emergence of a picture of him with blackface.
Steve Michelson has quit Bill Shorten's office following the emergence of a picture of him with blackface.
Shorten adviser quits amid blackface costume scandal
Shorten adviser quits amid blackface costume scandal

One of Bill Shorten's closest advisers has quit over an "unacceptable" blackface costume controversy.

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