Bill Shorten
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The Honourable Bill Shorten MP |
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Leader of the Opposition Elections: 2016 |
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Assumed office 13 October 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull |
| Deputy | Tanya Plibersek |
| Preceded by | Chris Bowen |
| Leader of the Labor Party | |
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Assumed office 13 October 2013 |
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| Deputy | Tanya Plibersek |
| Preceded by | Chris Bowen |
| Minister for Education | |
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In office 1 July 2013 – 18 September 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Peter Garrett (School Education, Early Childhood and Youth) |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Pyne |
| Minister for Workplace Relations | |
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In office 14 December 2011 – 18 September 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Chris Evans (Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations) |
| Succeeded by | Eric Abetz (Employment) |
| Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation | |
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In office 14 September 2010 – 1 July 2013 |
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| Prime Minister |
Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd |
| Preceded by | Chris Bowen (Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law) |
| Succeeded by | David Bradbury |
| Assistant Treasurer of Australia | |
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In office 14 September 2010 – 14 December 2011 |
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| Prime Minister | Julia Gillard |
| Preceded by | Nick Sherry |
| Succeeded by | Mark Arbib |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Maribyrnong |
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Assumed office 3 December 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Sercombe |
| State President of the Labor Party in Victoria | |
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In office 2005–2008 |
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| Preceded by | Linda White |
| Succeeded by | Rupert Evans |
| National Secretary of the Australian Workers' Union | |
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In office 2001–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Terry Muscat |
| Succeeded by | Paul Howes |
| Personal details | |
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William Richard Shorten 12 May 1967 Melbourne, Australia |
| Political party | Labor Party |
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| Children | 1 child (with Bryce) 2 stepchildren (with Bryce) |
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Monash University University of Melbourne |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
| Website | billshorten |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Australian Army Reserve |
| Years of service | 1985–1986 |
| Rank | Private |
| Awards | Centenary Medal |
William Richard "Bill" Shorten (born 12 May 1967) is an Australian politician who is the current Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Australia, in his capacity as Leader of the Australian Labor Party, after being elected party leader at the 2013 Labor leadership ballot. Shorten led Labor at the 2016 federal election at which the Liberal/National Coalition retained majority government.
Shorten was first elected to the House of Representatives seat of Maribyrnong in Victoria upon the defeat of the Liberal Government at the 2007 federal election and was immediately appointed as a parliamentary secretary. Following the 2010 federal election he was elevated to Cabinet and served as Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation in the Gillard Government. From June 2013 he served as Minister for Education and Minister for Workplace Relations until the defeat of the Rudd Government later that year. Prior to entering Parliament, he was the national secretary of the Australian Workers' Union from 2001 to 2007. He was also the state president of the Labor Party in his state of Victoria.
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