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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.

~Bill Shorten

Topics: About Access Creating Disability Find Get Granted Hills Job Labor Life Monuments Ordinary Ordinary Life Others Parks Person Should Statues Take Take For Granted Young Young Person

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Trusting people to pursue their own futures invariably provides better outcomes. Money goes where it is needed, rather than being absorbed by administration costs.

~Bill Shorten

Topics: Absorb Administration Being Better Costs Futures Goes Invariably Money Needed Outcomes Own People Provides Pursue Rather Than Trusting Where

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Productivity is driven at the enterprise level. Better wages, better performing workplaces, are driven at the workplace level.

~Bill Shorten

Topics: Better Driven Enterprise Level Performing Productivity Wages Workplace

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When I entered federal parliament at the end of 2007, I was appointed parliamentary secretary for disabilities.

~Bill Shorten

Topics: Appointed Disabilities End Entered Federal Parliament Parliamentary Secretary

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We commissioned an independent statutory economic body - the Productivity Commission - to review the possibility of funding a disability scheme. The commission returned with a view that it could. Then it becomes an issue of national will.

~Bill Shorten

Topics: Becomes Body Commission Commissioned Could Disability Economic Funding Independent Issue National Possibility Productivity Returned Review Scheme Then View Will

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Labor is at its best when we are the party of ideas and action - ideas that empower the powerless and actions that build a better Australia for the long term.

~Bill Shorten

Topics: Action Actions Australia Best Better Build Empower Ideas Labor Long Long Term Party Powerless Term

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I want to build a Big Labor party. A party of big ideas. A party which is deeply connected to the community. A party which reflects our diverse nation.

~Bill Shorten

Topics: Big Big Ideas Build Community Connected Deeply Diverse Ideas Labor Nation Our Party Reflects Want Which

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Labor must work harder to attract and retain members. The party should be cheaper to join with discounted rates available for union members as well as for students, pensioners, and people out of work.

~Bill Shorten

Topics: Attract Available Cheaper Harder Join Labor Members Must Out Party People Rates Retain Should Students Union Well Work

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If I am elected leader, my shadow opposition team will actively incorporate the policy contributions of all our members by instituting policy action committees as recommend by the 2010 National Review.

~Bill Shorten

Topics: Action Actively Am Committees Contributions Elected Incorporate Leader Members National Opposition Our Policy Recommend Review Shadow Team Will I Am

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To the best of my knowledge, when I became national secretary and, indeed, Victorian secretary, the - my predecessors in the union had detected wrong activities, activities which aren't in the best traditions of the AWU or, indeed, trade unionism.

~Bill Shorten

Topics: Activities Became Best Had Indeed Knowledge National Predecessors Secretary Trade Traditions Union Victorian Which Wrong

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Politician

Born: May 12th, 1967

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