CANBERRA Jeff Skinner Adidas Jersey , May 19 (Xinhua) -- Talks of a leadership challenge within Australia's opposition Labor Party were declared as "fake news" on Friday, with both the opposition leader Bill Shorten and frontbench colleague Anthony Albanese denying they are on a collision course for a second leadership challenge in four years.


Following the release of the Liberal government's federal budget earlier this month, which many political commentators described as being "Labor-like" in nature, Shorten denied the measures were what Labor would have introduced had they been in power.


However earlier this week, Albanese told a forum in Western Australia that Labor should be celebrating the budget, as the Liberal government had embraced Labor policies, fuelling speculation that the two were at an impasse and heading towards a leadership challenge.


While on a visit to the island state of Tasmania on Friday, Shorten said he and other members of the Labor Party were "not in the least concerned" by the media beat-up of the story, describing the coverage of the apparent rift as an "absolute exaggeration."


"I just want to say, and we have chatted about this, I am not in the least concerned about his remarks and nor should anyone else be," Shorten told the press on Friday.


"I had a very good chat with Anthony yesterday and we both agree that the stories are an absolute exaggeration, and I couldn't be happier with my whole team.


"Let's be candid - four years ago, Labor was a mess, but we've got our act together. I just want to put on record today my gratitude to all of my team including Anthony.


"We're focussed on the issues which affect all Australians, and that is why we have called out (the government's) budget for what it really is."


Earlier, speaking on the Nine Network's morning show, Albanese said, "This is fake news to quote a prominent American."


"The fact is that (my) speech (saying the budget contained 'Labor values') was approved in advance by Bill's office and perfectly consistent with what Bill said in his budget reply."


If Albanese was to eventually challenge Shorten for Labor's top job, it wouldn't be the first time the party heavyweights have gone "toe-to-toe" in the name of the leadership.


In 2013, Shorten and then-deputy Labor leader Albanese faced a party vote after Kevin Rudd stepped down following that year's election loss to the now-governing coalition government.


Despite going into the vote as deputy party leader, Albanese was narrowly beaten (48 percent to 52 percent) by Shorten in a poll of both Labor MPs and party members across the nation. Shorten then snubbed his rival by relieving Albanese of his deputy leader status in favor of Tanya Plibersek.


While Shorten and Albanese were both talking down the chances of a "round 2" on Friday, government MPs stepped up the pressure surrounding the Labor leadership position.


Also speaking with the Nine Network on Friday, government frontbencher Christopher Pyne said that, in contradicting the party leader, Albanese has in effect thrown down the gauntlet to Shorten, adding that Albanese had "fired the starter's gun" and was "out of the blocks."


A tiger remained on the loose near Paris late on Thursday after firefighters and police called off the search for the night following a fruitless all-day hunt, with worried residents told to stay indoors.

A tiger remained on the loose near Paris late on Thursday A tiger remained on the loose near Paris late on Thursday A tiger remained on the loose near Paris late on Thursday A tiger remained on the loose near Paris late on Thursday A tiger remained on the loose near Paris late on Thursday A tiger remained on the loose near Paris late on Thursday

A local woman sounded the alarm in the morning after spotting the fearsome animal in a supermarket car park in the town of Montevrain -- just a stone's throw from Disneyland Paris.


Several more people later came forward saying they had seen the tiger on the prowl.


Backed up by a helicopter, more than 100 police officers and firefighters armed with tranquilising guns spent the day combing the area in the Seine-et-Marne district near the French capital, without success.


Authorities ordered residents to stay indoors and use cars to pick their children up from school.


Town hall official Cedric Tartaud-Gineste told AFP: "We are calling on residents to be careful, not to leave their homes and to stay in their vehicles."


"Anyone who sees the tiger should call the police or the fire service."


He said that a security cordon covering an area about the size of four or five football pitches had been set up around a wooded area near the small town of Montevrain, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of Paris.


Police were also using thermal cameras in a bid to find the tiger, estimated to weigh around 70 kilogrammes (155 pounds), according to the town's mayor Christian Robache.


A dog trained in tracking bears and large game was also brought in to help with the search effort.


As darkness fell, officials suspended the search until daybreak.


"The hunt will be suspended for the night until dawn. The helicopter equipped with a thermal camera will keep going," said a local police source.


- 'I think I saw a lynx' -


Earlier Thursday, an AFP reporter saw around a dozen fire engines and police vehicles lined up near the supermarket where the tiger was first spotted.


"My wife saw it this morning," Jean-Baptiste Berdeaux, who manages the Intermarche supermarket, told AFP.


"She didn't get out of the car and called me to say 'I think I saw a lynx'," he said, adding she took a photo of the animal and the couple then alerted nearby police officers.


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