It’s time we became better at employing people with disability
Editorial by The Hon Bill Shorten MPHey Australia, isn’t it time we started to be better at employing people with disability? For 30 years nothing seems to have moved the dial.…
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Minister Shorten Interview on The Today Show with Karl Stefanovic
Transcript by The Hon Bill Shorten MPE&OE TRANSCRIPT SUBJECTS: Paul Denyer potential parole; China trade tariffs review; Liberal Party splits over Voice vote; scientific justification for pies KARL STEFANOVIC, HOST: Welcome…
NDIA to strengthen participant safety
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPThe National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is improving participant safety, through the release of a new NDIA Participant Safeguarding Policy. This Policy marks the…
Minister Shorten Interview on The Today Show with Sarah Abo
Transcript by The Hon Bill Shorten MPE&OE TRANSCRIPT SARAH ABO, HOST: Joining us to discuss today’s headlines is Minister for Government Services and the NDIS, Bill Shorten and 4BC’s Neil Breen.…
Minister Shorten Interview on Sky News with Peter Stefanovic
Transcript by The Hon Bill Shorten MPE&OE TRANSCRIPT PETER STEFANOVIC, HOST: NDIS and Government Services Minister Bill Shorten. Bill, good to see you. Thanks for your time this morning. I’ve got…
Series of firsts in new NDIA Board appointments
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPMinister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Bill Shorten today announced the appointment of two new members of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)…
Leave for personal explanation
Transcript by The Hon Bill Shorten MPTRANSCRIPT OF QUESTION TIME LEAVE FOR PERSONAL EXPLANATION MINISTER FOR THE NDIS AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES, BILL SHORTEN: Last week, on the 22nd of March, the…
Medicare card now available in the myGov app
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPPeople can now add a digital version of their Medicare card to the myGov app for secure and convenient access on the go. Minister for…
Questions on the Watt Review
Transcript by The Hon Bill Shorten MPTRANSCRIPT OF QUESTION TIME QUESTION: Mr. Speaker my question is to the Minister of Government Services, and I refer to the Minister’s answer on Tuesday in…
Minister Shorten interview on Sky News with Sharri Markson
Transcript by The Hon Bill Shorten MPE&OE TRANSCRIPT SHARRI MARKSON: Now the NDIS is growing at a faster rate than any other area of spending outside of our interest on our…
Minister Shorten interview on ABC News Afternoon Briefing with Greg Jennett
Transcript by The Hon Bill Shorten MPE&OE TRANSCRIPT GREG JENNETT: Talk of government services being more user friendly in the digital era has been underway, you’d have to say, for a…
Search for hope amid gloom
Editorial by The Hon Bill Shorten MPClimate change, the war in Ukraine, a global pandemic, cost-of-living crisis, tensions with China, the list of global crises goes on, all of it overwhelming.…
Minister Shorten Interview on The Today Show with Karl Stefanovic
Transcript by The Hon Bill Shorten MPE&OE TRANSCRIPT SUBJECTS: Safeguards mechanism and Dan Andrews trip to China KARL STEFANOVIC, HOST: The Minister for Government Services and the NDIS, Bill Shorten, and…
Minister Shorten Interview on Sky News with Peter Stefanovic
Transcript by The Hon Bill Shorten MPE&OE TRANSCRIPT SUBJECTS: Safeguard Mechanisms, Dan Andrews travelling to China PETER STEFANOVIC, HOST: Bill Shorten. Bill, good to see you. Thanks for your time, as…
Questions on the Watt Review
Transcript by The Hon Bill Shorten MPTRANSCRIPT OF QUESTION TIME QUESTION: My question is to the Minister for Government Services. What has the Royal Commission into Robodebt revealed about the harm…
Questions on the Watt Review
Transcript by The Hon Bill Shorten MPTRANSCRIPT OF QUESTION TIME QUESTION: My question is to the Minister for Government Services. What were the findings of the Watt Review about probity and…
Minister Shorten Doorstop interview to discuss Watt Review
Transcript by The Hon Bill Shorten MPE&OE SUBJECTS: Watt Review/Stuart Robert, NSW election, housing and safeguard mechanism legislation in Parliament this week, the Voice, poverty in Australia, China relations, TikTok. MINISTER…
Government welcomes independent review report
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPThe Government welcomes the findings of the Independent Review of Services Australia and the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) Procurement and Contracting which examined the…
Previous government stuck its head in the sand on vaping, but the Albanese Government will not
Editorial by The Hon Bill Shorten MPIn the film Thank You for Smoking, big tobacco spokesman Nick Naylor admits that his job requires “a certain moral flexibility” to earn a living…
Minister Shorten Interview on The Today Show with Sarah Abo
Transcript by The Hon Bill Shorten MPE&OE TRANSCRIPT SUBJECTS: Moira Deeming’s potential expulsion from the Liberal Party; Neo-Nazis at Melbourne rally; Xi Jinping’s public meeting with Vladimir Putin; potential TikTok bans…
Minister Shorten Interview on Sky News with Peter Stefanovic
Transcript by The Hon Bill Shorten MPE&OE TRANSCRIPT SUBJECTS: IPCC report into climate; China’s stance on the war in Ukraine PETER STEFANOVIC, HOST: Let’s send it over to Canberra now. Joining…
A Life Changing Life in the Care and Support Sector
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPOne of Australia’s fastest-growing sectors will be spotlighted in a national campaign to encourage people to consider a career in care and support work. The…
Minister Shorten interview on ABC Radio National with Geraldine Doogue
Transcript by The Hon Bill Shorten MPE&OE TRANSCRIPT GERALDINE DOOGUE, HOST: So much of this week’s public discussion has been on our big defence costs. We’ll now focus on another very…
Tasmanians Owed $4M In Unclaimed Medicare Benefits
Media Release by The Hon Bill Shorten MPTasmanians are being urged to check their eligibility to claim close to $4 million of unpaid Medicare benefits. 20 000 Tasmanians are currently missing out…
Address on 2023 International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Para Asian Football Cup in Melbourne
Speech by The Hon Bill Shorten MPI know you’ve been acknowledged, but Sarah, Russell – Sarah from Football Australia of course, Sarah Walsh, Russell Lloyd, LaTrobe University Dean of Allied Health.…