Labor to oppose cheaper book imports, backing Australian authors

By Fergus Hunter
Updated December 9 2016 - 6:19pm, first published December 8 2016 - 11:45pm
Tom Keneally has been a vocal defender of parallel import restrictions.
Tom Keneally has been a vocal defender of parallel import restrictions.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Paul Jeffers
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Photo: Paul Jeffers

The Labor Party has given Australia's authors and publishers an early Christmas present, revealing it will oppose any attempt by the government to relax parallel import restrictions on books, leaving the changes unlikely to pass the Parliament.