“He came here, his pockets were empty, he’s offered nothing.”
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That was how Greens MLC David Shoebridge summed up Labor Leader Bill Shorten’s Wollongong visit on Friday.
It was a day of byelection campaigning for both parties, with Mr Shoebridge and Greens NSW Senator Lee Rhiannon also in town ahead of the November 12 poll.
The pair joined the Greens’ Wollongong byelection candidate Cath Blakey to condemn Mr Shorten’s lack of a steel industry commitment.
Senator Rhiannon said Labor’s byelection contender, Paul Scully, had been “left high and dry” by his leader.
“Shorten’s rode into town and he’s had nothing to deliver on the critical issue of the steel industry,” she said.
“The future for the Illawarra is absolutely linked with a viable steel industry.
“Right here in a critical byelection, which Labor could lose, he hasn’t made any announcement about the steel industry.”
Mr Shoebridge said Labor had “offered nothing” at a federal level.
“I think it’s insulting to the people of the Illawarra,” he said.