Shorten is selling out miners to get Green votes on Adani, says Turnbull

The prime minister’s attack focuses on Labor’s policy shift on Carmichael mine and renews attempts to paint Labor leader as ‘not fair dinkum’Malcolm Turnbull has blasted Bill Shorten for going “snorkelling” on the Great Barrier Reef courtesy of the Australian Conservation Foundation, and for selling blue-collar jobs down the river “to get Green votes” in the Batman byelection.The prime minister went on the political offensive against Shorten after the businessman and environmentalist Geoff Cousins revealed a series of conversations with the Labor leader over the past three months about stopping the controversial Adani coal project in Queensland. Related: Michaelia Cash makes 'outrageous slurs' against women in Shorten's office Related: Geoff Cousins reveals how Bill Shorten wavered on Adani mine Continue reading...