Bill Shorten clears the way for Labor shift on recognition of Palestine

By James Massola
Updated April 30 2015 - 12:19pm, first published April 29 2015 - 12:15am
Tony Burke will move the resolution at the national conference. Photo: Michelle Smith
Tony Burke will move the resolution at the national conference. Photo: Michelle Smith

NSW Right power broker Tony Burke will lead the push for a historic shift in Labor's position on the recognition of a Palestinian state at the party's July national conference, under an agreement hammered out with Bill Shorten.