Labor must help Coalition pass legislation even if it disappoints 'purists'

Deputy leader Richard Marles says ALP must be more pragmatic and become the party of 'aspiration'

Labor must be prepared to disappoint its supporters by avoiding "manufactured parliamentary tests" and helping to pass Morrison government legislation, its deputy leader, Richard Marles, suggests.

In a draft of a speech to be delivered at the John Curtin research centre on Thursday, Marles has argued the opposition's "clumsy" attempts to "walk the tightrope" on the Adani coalmine left blue-collar workers feeling abandoned at the last election and it must take a more pragmatic approach even if it risks disappointing "purists".