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Bill Shorten Does Protect Workers Any More

Bill Shorten: Loyalty to Greens or Unions?

February 28, 2019
Rite-On Editor
Elections, Feature, Profiles

2007 Bill Shorten was elected to the House of Representatives for the electorate of Maribyrnong in Victoria, and was immediately promoted to the role of Parliamentary Secretary.[1] New Prime Minister Kevin Rudd ended the speculation that Shorten, with his high public profile within the…

Bill Shorten – the Unionist

January 25, 2019
Rite-On Editor
Feature, Profiles

The Early Days of Bill's life 1967 William Richard Shorten born in Melbourne.[1] His father, William Robert Shorten—born in Tyneside, England, was a sailor and grandson of union secretaries In Australia Shorten senior became a member of the infamous Painters and Dockers…