As part of the cabinet reshuffle, Liam gets his wish.
But who's Tony Burke you ask? Here are some choice quotes from his madien speech:
My first job, and my first involvement with unions, was delivering the Sunday papers for the Beverly Hills Newsagency. There was a grave injustice there: we were receiving 10 per cent commission while other shops were all paying 12.5 per cent. I organised the other paperboys and said, "Let's form a union." We worked out our demands, but when I took them to the boss, he would not listen. He said we could not be a union because we had not charged fees. So everyone threw in a copper coin, and I went back to negotiate.
It was a comprehensive log of claims: 12.5 per cent commission, an extra $1 every time it rained and free food for a Christmas party. He came back with the typical response, "Why should I give you lot that?" I can still hear my 12-year-old voice answering him: "If you don't, we'll have a paperboy picket line out the front of the shop. The TV cameras will turn up because they'll think it's really funny. We'll be on TV, so we'll feel really important. The customers will know it's your shop and you'll look really bad." He gave in to all three demands. To celebrate, we spent the union fees on mixed lollies...
Sure, he might be in the Right, but drover's dog could do a better job with the Immigration portfolio than Laurie Ferguson has done. Bring on some fresh blood, I say.