Joel Fitzgibbon on Labor climate policy and leadership

Politics with Michelle Grattan · Nov 11, 2020 · 24m

Labor's Joel Fitzgibbon this week quit the frontbench, ensuring he'll become even more vocal in his campaign to have Labor's climate policy move to the centre and the party give greater attention to the working class part of its constituency.

Fitzgibbon – who was shadow minister for resources – and climate spokesman Mark Butler have been at loggerheads, and in this podcast Fitzgibbon makes it clear he believes Butler should be moved when Albanese has an expected pre-Christmas reshuffle.

"I think a refresh in that area would be good ... I think someone without his history, someone who doesn't…