“What I should have done was to say every cent raised would go to income tax cuts,” Shorten said.
when legislation to future-proof the NDIS, his brainchild, passed parliament on a Wednesday in late August.
“They say in the wound lies the gift, and in losing there were gifts. One of which is the knowledge that you don’t have to be the leader to be a leader. It’s what you get done, who have you actually helped. Power itself is not an outcome.”reveal a paradox at the heart of his legacy and influence on modern Labor.
A long career in the media spotlight means everyone knows who Shorten is. He is the equal-second most well-known Labor MP after Albanese, according to the Resolve Political Monitor. This perception fed Malcolm Turnbull’s withering 2017 attack: “Never a union leader in Melbourne that tucked his knees under more billionaire’s tables”.Shorten became known forPowerbrokers in the dominant Victorian Right faction, in which, wanted Shorten to retire sooner. They spoke privately about denying him a cabinet spot after the election.
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