But he has promised not to publish any more ads about McNeill, conceding he had been pulled into line by Labor leader Bill Shorten. ABC's Sophie McNeill accused of anti-Israel bias in ad by Labor MP Read moreIt comes after the ABC’s director of news, Gaven Morris, wrote to Shorten, calling on the Labor leader to curb Danby’s attack on McNeill. He said Shorten had spoken to him about the ad, and he understood where his party leader stood on the matter. The Greens candidate Steph Hodgins-May won 20,179 first-preference votes The party is confident it can beat Danby at the next election. In his Middle East memoir, Balcony Over Jerusalem, Lyons said there was a campaign against McNeill before she set foot in the Middle East.

Source: The Guardian October 08, 2017 00:11 UTC