Bill Shorten

Politician

1967-05-12

Bill Shorten is an Australian politician who has led the Australian Labor Party and served in senior cabinet roles. He has held multiple portfolios in federal government after earlier union leadership work.

Quotes by Bill Shorten

I believe marriage equality is a simple change that sends a powerful message. It is a chance for us to say, as a nation, to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex Australians: your love is equal under the law.
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There is no doubt our earth is warming and our seas rising - or that humankind is the cause. There is no evidence to refute this - or any genuine scientific counterargument in the climate change debate.
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Labor should not be about creating monuments on hills or statues in parks. Labor's monuments and statues are when a young person can find a job, when a person with disability can get access to the ordinary life that others take for granted.
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