'Throw the book at them': Bill Shorten speaks out after friend embroiled in election vandalism controversy

By Nicole Hasham
Updated July 23 2016 - 9:15pm, first published 4:22pm
Andrew Landeryou is an infamous former blogger and a close friend of Bill Shorten. Photo: Arsineh Houspian
Andrew Landeryou is an infamous former blogger and a close friend of Bill Shorten. Photo: Arsineh Houspian

Those who commit vandalism during an election campaign should "have the book thrown at them", Labor leader Bill Shorten says, after one of his close friends was arrested for allegedly sabotaging the polling booth material of rivals during the election.