Labor insiders are dismayed at Shorten's decision to announce a controversial policy on retirement incomes on the eve of the fraught Batman byelection
Julia Gillard has entered the battle for Batman,putting her signature to a letter urging a vote for Labor's candidate Ged Kearney.
ALP's underdog Kearney up against Greens'juggernaut'.
High profile union leader Ged Kearney does not live in the seat she is trying to win.
Prominent union boss Ged Kearney has been formally announced as Labor's star candidate for an upcoming by-election in the Melbourne seat of Batman.