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Will Labor make a deal with the Greens? No, says Marles

After Anthony Albanese’s double negative gaffe yesterday (which quickly got cut up and then blew up on the Liberals’ social media accounts) Richard Marles is asked to rule out a deal between the two parties.

We’re not doing a deal with the Greens, absolutely. There’s no world in which we are doing a deal with the greens. Absolutely, unequivocal, no deal with the Greens.