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William Richard Shorten (born 12 May 1967) is an Australian politician serving as 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 to gain 14 seats at the 2016 federal election at which the Liberal/National Coalition retained majority government by one seat.

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What I've done as a union leader and what literally thousands of other union representatives do, is make sure that we have co-operation in the workplace. What I get is that where employees are well treated, employers do well.

Leader, Done, Unions, Literally, Union, Employers

I think it is a cornerstone of our electoral system that you raise electoral funds for elections but that doesn't mean that therefore the implication can be made that the recipients are incapable of transacting their interests and their duties towards people any differently.

Duties, Mean, People, Raise, Thinking

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

Enterprise, Levels, Productivity, Wages, Workplace, Workplaces

Fleeing persecution is not a crime. And we do not seek to pander to a noisy, tiny minority who will never embrace modern multicultural Australia. But there are important truths we must face. There is a history and a reality that we cannot ignore. The challenge before us is real, the questions we grapple with as elemental as life and death.

Australia, Challenge, Fleeing, Life And Death, Questions, Real

I'm proud of my record of negotiating agreements, representing people and making sure that both employers and employees could get the best out of going to work every day.

Agreement, People, Records, Representing, Proud

My preference is that employees pay their union dues, but what I also get is that I'd rather someone be in the union than not in the union.

Dues, Employees, Pay, Preference, Unions

Once upon a time, I thought denial was a river in Egypt. It's actually the attitude of the Abbott government.

Attitude, Egypt, Government, Thought, Time

I've spent my whole working life standing up for workers. Didn't matter if it was the two trapped miners at Beaconsfield or professional netballers or indeed factory workers or construction workers.

Construction Workers, Factory, Matter, Professional, Spent, Two

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 arent in the best traditions of the AWU or, indeed, trade unionism.

Awu, Knowledge, Trade, Tradition, Unions, Wrong

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.

Community, Deeply, Ideas, Party

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

Disability, Ends, Parliament, Entered, Parliamentary, Federal

What I believe to be every Australian's right - a good, safe job with proper pay and conditions.

Believe, Conditions, Jobs, Proper, Right, Safe

What really matters in a workplace, what helps an employer if you've got a unionised workforce is if your shop stewards know the rules of the game, if your safety reps are taught to be able to examine situations to make sure the workplace is more safety. Better informed delegates, better workplace safety saves companies money. Unions are very good at safety. We are good at teaching delegates how to resolve disputes.

Games, Rules, Safety, Situations, Teaching, Unionised

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.

Australia, Empower, Ideas, Labor, Party

Modern Australian trade unionism and the unionist that I am doesn't rely on a class war view that somehow that the interests of employees and managers are in two separate spheres and they're irreconcilable. I believe that when people can go to work and be happy, satisfied, engaged, where the employer is getting employees who feel their interests are aligned with the employer, you get productivity. This is the future of Australian workplaces.

Believe, Class, Managers, Unionism, War

The whole time I was a union leader, we had to put up with John Howard and Tony Abbott attacking workers' conditions. I'm proud of being a moderate trade union official, working co-operatively between employees and employers. I'm interested in better wages for workers, better safety, job security, and, profitable companies, because I understand that if you get co-operation in the workplace, everyone wins.

Interested, Jobs, Proud, Safety, Understand, Winning

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

People, Cost, Outcomes, Pursue, Provides, Costs

Labor should not be about creating monuments on hills or statues in parks. Labors 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.

Jobs, Creating, Ordinary, Labor, Life

I'm a Christian and a supporter of marriage equality under the law.

Christian, Equality, Equality Under The Law, Marriage Equality, Under