New Victorian super-faction boosts Bill Shorten's influence on Labor party machine

By James Massola, Richard Willingham
Updated April 22 2015 - 1:23pm, first published 12:49pm
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

A new "super-faction" that unites most of the Victorian Labor Right has been formed, boosting opposition leader Bill Shorten's factional clout and isolating a rump of MPs aligned with the shop assistants' union, including Deputy Premier James Merlino and federal power broker David Feeney.

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