Tony Abbott channels Labor leaders past to back China trade deal

By Mark Kenny
Updated July 30 2015 - 3:18pm, first published July 29 2015 - 11:45pm
Tony Abbott has moved onto an aggressive footing in recent days in defence of the China-Australia FTA.   Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Tony Abbott has moved onto an aggressive footing in recent days in defence of the China-Australia FTA. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Tony Abbott will hit back at opposition doubts over his government's free trade agreement with China claiming it is consistent with the best traditions of previous Labor prime ministers Gough Whitlam, Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, and that it cannot be undone anyway because "a deal is a deal".

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