Quotes by Bill Shorten

Bill Shorten

Australian politician

Lived from: 1967 -

Category: Politics

Born: 12 may 1967

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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.
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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.
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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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  • Productivity is driven at the enterprise level. Better wages, better performing workplaces, are driven at the workplace level.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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  • When I entered federal parliament at the end of 2007, I was appointed parliamentary secretary for disabilities.
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  • Workplace relations is about getting the best out of people. An argument which says that the only way we can compete with other nations in the world is engaging in a race to the bottom in terms of pay rates, penalty rates, protections on rosters, getting rid of family friendly provisions - that is not Australia's future.
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What are the most famous quotes from Bill Shorten?

The two most famous quotes from Bill Shorten are:

  • "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."
  • "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."

When did Bill Shorten live?

Bill Shorten is still alive and was born in 1967.