Bill Shorten

Victorian Federal MPs
Member for Maribyrnong
Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's Services

Electorate Office:

Level 5, 641 Mt Alexander Rd,
Moonee Ponds,  Vic 3039
Phone (03) 9326 1300 F
Fax (03) 9326 0611
Canberra Office Phone (02)
62774778 Fax (02) 62778554

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About Bill Shorten

Bill Shorten is the Federal member for Maribyrnong and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services.

Born in Melbourne in 1967, he holds Arts and Law degrees from Monash University and an MBA from the Melbourne Business School.

Bill joined the Victorian Branch of the Australian Workers’ Union as an organiser in 1994, and was involved in campaigns that attracted new members to the AWU from industries as diverse as oil and gas, fruit pickers, manufacturing workers and jockeys. Bill became Secretary of the Victorian Branch in 1997.

In 2001, he was elected AWU National Secretary and re-elected Victorian Secretary. Re-elected to both positions in 2005, Bill stepped down from his Victorian role in August 2006 to focus his energies as National Secretary, fighting to defeat John Howard's unfair work laws.

Bill was elected to the Parliament of Australia on November 24th 2007.

Bill shares his life with his wife, Debbie Beale and lives in Moonee Ponds.