Bill Shorten faces more calls for party reform after poor WA election result

Simon Crean joins chorus of Labor elders pushing for direct member election of senators and state upper house candidates

Bill Shorten is under increasing pressure to lead the push for more ambitious reform of the ALP with a former Labor leader saying the big question inside the party is whether Shorten is prepared to take a stronger stand.

As Labor reeled from its disastrous showing in the WA senate election rerun, the opposition leader was preparing to deliver a speech on Monday in which he called for an end to the rule requiring party members in some branches to join a union as the start of Labor reforms.

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source Guardian