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“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 aren't in the best traditions of the AWU or, indeed, trade unionism.”

Quote by Bill Shorten

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Bill Shorten is an Australian Federal MP, born on May 12, 1967. He is an active politician who served as the leader of the Australian Labor Party and represented the Higgins electorate in Victoria in the federal parliament. more

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