News about Bill Shorten

ABC star Alan Kohler reveals why his own kids have suffered due to Australia's big mistake

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 14, 2024
The ABC's finance commentator Alan Kohler has expressed sadness about the harsh reality of life in Australia facing his three children.

PETER VAN ONSELEN: The reality is, some in Labor would love to roll Albo. And his enemies know a very tricky maneuver that could DELAY the election

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 30, 2024
Opinion polls have tightened, with consecutive Freshwater polls now putting the Coalition in front of Labor.

Extraordinary claims of a Jim Chalmers PLOT against Anthony Albanese: Insider drops bombshell about what sparked negative gearing change rumours to run wild

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 29, 2024
Lobbyist Cameron Milner - who was once former Labor leader Bill Shorten's chief-of-staff - claims the leaked story that Treasury was considering negative gearing tax changes 'was a very well-placed political hit on the PM'.

The REAL reason Albo's government is tiptoeing behind the scenes to slash negative gearing - and it's got nothing to do with Australia's housing crisis, writes PETER VAN ONSELEN

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 28, 2024
Irrespective of whether or not Albo ultimately decides to take negative gearing reforms to the next election, we need to call out the true motivation for even considering it.

What is negative gearing? How Labor policy change could spectacularly backfire on mum and dad investors - and renters could be worse off too

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 25, 2024
Labor's plan to scale back negative gearing for investor landlords could end up hurting renters. Here's why.

Nat Barr loses it at Anthony Albanese's govt after struggling to get a straight answer to simple question

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 25, 2024
Barr asked if the government had specifically sought advice about scaling back the tax benefits from Treasury, even if it was not part of a current proposal.

The surprising reason Bill Shorten desperately NEEDS a new job after a lifetime in Labor politics - as he lands a bumper $1m-plus pay packet

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 6, 2024
Emotional Mr Shorten announced on Thursday he was retiring from politics to take up a position as Vice Chancellor of the University of Canberra, starting in February 2025. His new salary packet is likely to swamp Anthony Albanese's.

PETER VAN ONSELEN: Labor's latest immigration move will bring one part of society to its knees - and there is a real danger the nation may never recover from the damage it does

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 6, 2024
Insiders say Labor's latest round of changes will imperil a sector already on its knees, as economic data reveals the economy is already grinding to a halt.

PETER VAN ONSELEN: The big election date secret that Albo let slip as Bill Shorten quit Parliament

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 5, 2024
Albo said that he's asked Bill Shorten to stay on as a minister until February, which is when Shorten starts his new job as a Vice Chancellor at University of Canberra.

Emotional Bill Shorten retires from politics and reveals his next move in heartfelt speech

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 5, 2024
Anthony Albanese is set to announce Bill Shorten's retirement.

PETER VAN ONSELEN: The tell-tale sign that all isn't well within Albo's team just months from the election

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 3, 2024
A key staffer within Albo's team has run for the door just months before the federal election in worrying sign that something is very wrong.

Government Services Minister Bill Shorten announces major change coming for Centrelink: Here's what it means for you

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 3, 2024
The drudgery of queueing in Centrelink offices (left) for hours is about to end with the introduction of a new appointment system. Government Services Minister Bill Shorten is pictured right.

Huge victory for Aussie man John G in four-year NDIS battle as Bill Shorten FINALLY 'fast tracks' funding approval - and he reveals his one big dream which could now come true

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 27, 2024
Sydney man John G has finally had a win, four-and-a-half years after applying for and getting knocked back for NDIS funding.

Now the knives are out for Labor turncoat: One of Albo's top ministers takes a venomous swipe at defector Fatima Payman - after she asked a question many Australians would find reasonable

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 22, 2024
Senator Payman left the ALP and became an independent senator for Western Australia in July citing irreconcilable tensions with her former Labor colleagues over the Israel-Hamas conflict.

NDIS breakthrough as Bill Shorten and the states reach reform deal that will save $14.4billion

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 21, 2024
The Albanese government has finally struck a deal with the states that should result in the stalled Bill to overhaul the National Disability Insurance Scheme pass parliament.

Hannah Friebel took her own life after the National Disability Insurance Agency chased her for a debt

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 20, 2024
Hannah Friebel, 27 told her mother in April that she was 'going for a drive' but never came home, having 'plummeted' into deep depression and making two previous attempts on her life

How Australia's new 'digital ID' could change going out forever - but here's why some experts are worried

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 17, 2024
The government's proposed digital ID where a mobile phone QR code reader will replace verifying documents has led to a chorus of concern from security experts and non-Labor MPs.

Boomer who bought his first home for $22,000 quizzes Bill Shorten and Jacqui Lambie on the toughest question about Australia's housing crisis on ABC's Q&A

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 13, 2024
Labor minister Bill Shorten has admitted having rich parents is 'more important than ever' for young Australians after a boomer (left) confessed he paid just $22,000 for his first home.

Albanese government to roll out a digital ID system by the end of the year

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 12, 2024
By the end of this year, all Australians will be able to use a 'gold standard' digital ID platform on their phones.

Raygun: See Australian breakdancer's journey to Olympic Games with viral sensation hitting Seoul and Sydney before disaster in Paris

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 12, 2024
The Australian breakdancer has taken the world by storm for all the wrong reasons after scoring three straight zeroes from the judges in the inaugural women's competition in Paris.

ABC Q+A: Jacqui Lambie explodes at Bill Shorten over inflation amid Australia's cost of living crisis

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 12, 2024
The firebrand independent senator renowned for her angry outbursts on-air fired up after a member of the studio audience asked a question about inflation on ABC's Q+A on Monday night.

See the bizarre social media theories behind Raygun's abysmal Olympic Games performance after Indigenous leader claimed Aussie breakdancer scored zero on purpose

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 12, 2024
Gunn, known by her stage name Raygun, scored zero points from a possible 54 and made headlines all over the world after performing a bizarre routine which saw her mimic a kangaroo and a snake in Paris.

Raygun: Jacqui Lambie explains why she's proud of Aussie breakdancer as she is labelled a 'HERO' despite her Olympic Games disaster

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 12, 2024
Lambie has echoed Albanese's thoughts on ABC's QandA on Monday night, with the panel asked for their views on Raygun's performance amid claims she has benefitted from tax-payer money.