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Transcripts by The Hon Bill Shorten MP

Minister Shorten interview on the Today Show

E&OE KARL STEFANOVIC: Well, thousands of Australians are stranded in Bali after multiple Jetstar flight cancellations. Travellers scrambling to find emergency accommodation as they wait…

Minister Bill Shorten Interview on Today

E&OE TRANSCRIPT KARL STEFANOVIC: Where on earth are we going to find 400,000 workers? Victoria alone is facing a huge shortage in key industries over…

Minister Bill Shorten Interview on Today

E&OE ALLISON LANGDON: Well, now the new cause for a taskforce to tackle the exploitation of the NDIS by criminals. A Nine investigation is warning…

Interview with Minister Shorten of 2SM

E&OE BRENT BULTITUDE, HOST: The Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Government Services Bill Shorten revealed that more than 192,000 people had accessed…

Interview with Minister Shorten on 2GB

E&OE SUBJECTS: NDIS; fraud, clearing AAT cases and improving hospital discharge rates. PHIL WOODS, HOST: But right now, well, there’s no doubt there’s been fraud…