William Richard "Bill" Shorten (born 12 May 1967) is the current Leader of the
Opposition for the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Australian Labor Party in the Parliament of Australia following the 2013 federal election and subsequent 2013 Labor leadership ballot. He is leading the Labor Opposition against the incumbent Turnbull Liberal/National Coalition Government at the 2016 federal election on Saturday 2 July.
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. Prior to entering Parliament, he was the National Secretary of the Australian Workers' Union from 2001 to 2007.
In March 2000, Shorten married Debbie Beale, the daughter of businessman and former Liberal MP Julian Beale. They divorced in 2008. In 2009, Shorten married Chloe (née Bryce), who is the daughter of Michael Bryce and Quentin Bryce, who was the Governor-General of Australia at the time. Shorten and Chloe live in Moonee Ponds with their three children: their daughter, and Chloe Shorten's children from a previous marriage.
In May 2012, the Shortens issued a public appeal requesting the cessation of an unspecified smear campaign about their marriage; Shorten was quoted by The Australian saying "personal lives and families should be off limits". Shorten has a twin brother, Robert.
Despite their sharp political differences, Shorten was best man at the wedding of his close friend John Roskam, executive director of the anti-Labor Institute of Public Affairs.
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. Prior to entering Parliament, he was the National Secretary of the Australian Workers' Union from 2001 to 2007.
In March 2000, Shorten married Debbie Beale, the daughter of businessman and former Liberal MP Julian Beale. They divorced in 2008. In 2009, Shorten married Chloe (née Bryce), who is the daughter of Michael Bryce and Quentin Bryce, who was the Governor-General of Australia at the time. Shorten and Chloe live in Moonee Ponds with their three children: their daughter, and Chloe Shorten's children from a previous marriage.
In May 2012, the Shortens issued a public appeal requesting the cessation of an unspecified smear campaign about their marriage; Shorten was quoted by The Australian saying "personal lives and families should be off limits". Shorten has a twin brother, Robert.
Despite their sharp political differences, Shorten was best man at the wedding of his close friend John Roskam, executive director of the anti-Labor Institute of Public Affairs.
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