From healthcare to energy: Opposition Leader Bill Shorten talks politics ahead of the election

By Dario Nelli / Laura Egan
Published 5 years ago

He has three different opponents, the most important of whom he will go up against in two months’ time, in one of the most important moments of his career.

Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten in the Rete Italia studio

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is ready. You can see it in his eyes.

Last Thursday, Shorten visited our offices and ...

By Dario Nelli

Staff

Dario Nelli is managing editor of Il Globo and La Fiamma.

By Laura Egan

For me, it should be your Medicare card, not your credit card, which determines the quality of health care in this country.

— Bill Shorten

It would be the triumph of hope over experience to give this government a third go after we’ve wasted six years.

— Bill Shorten

We’re always going to require immigration to this country, and you look at the contribution that Italo-Australians have made to Australia… it’s second to none.

— Bill Shorten

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From healthcare to energy: Opposition Leader Bill Shorten talks politics ahead of the election

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