Coalition MPs stage walkout after Bill Shorten raises budget in Closing the Gap speech

By Michael Gordon and Dan Harrison
Updated February 12 2015 - 8:08am, first published 12:38am
A group of Coalition MPs walk out of the chamber while Opposition Leader Bill Shorten raised the budget in his Closing the Gap speech. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
A group of Coalition MPs walk out of the chamber while Opposition Leader Bill Shorten raised the budget in his Closing the Gap speech. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten delivers a Closing the Gap statement at Parliament House. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten delivers a Closing the Gap statement at Parliament House. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Bipartisan consensus on Indigenous policy ruptured on Wednesday when several Coalition MPs walked out on a speech by Labor leader Bill Shorten calling on the government to reverse $500 million in budget cuts.

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