I’m a Christian and a supporter of marriage equality under the law.
BILL SHORTENTrusting people to pursue their own futures invariably provides better outcomes. Money goes where it is needed, rather than being absorbed by administration costs.
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Trusting people to pursue their own futures invariably provides better outcomes. Money goes where it is needed, rather than being absorbed by administration costs.
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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.
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I think it is a cornerstone of our electoral system that you raise electoral funds for elections but that doesn’t mean that therefore the implication can be made that the recipients are incapable of transacting their interests and their duties towards people any differently.
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I’m interested in better wages for workers, better safety, job security, and, profitable companies, because I understand that if you get co-operation in the workplace, everyone wins.
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Better informed delegates, better workplace safety saves companies money. Unions are very good at safety. We are good at teaching delegates how to resolve disputes.
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The whole time I was a union leader, we had to put up with John Howard and Tony Abbott attacking workers’ conditions.
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I’ve spent my whole working life standing up for workers. Didn’t matter if it was the two trapped miners at Beaconsfield or professional netballers or indeed factory workers or construction workers.
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Labor is at its best when we are the party of ideas and action – ideas that empower the powerless and actions that build a better Australia for the long term.
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I’m proud of being a moderate trade union official, working co-operatively between employees and employers.
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What I believe to be every Australian’s right – a good, safe job with proper pay and conditions.
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I want to build a Big Labor party. A party of big ideas. A party which is deeply connected to the community. A party which reflects our diverse nation.
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There is a history and a reality that we cannot ignore. The challenge before us is real, the questions we grapple with as elemental as life and death.
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What really matters in a workplace, what helps an employer if you’ve got a unionised workforce is if your shop stewards know the rules of the game, if your safety reps are taught to be able to examine situations to make sure the workplace is more safety.
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I’m proud of my record of negotiating agreements, representing people and making sure that both employers and employees could get the best out of going to work every day.
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Productivity is driven at the enterprise level. Better wages, better performing workplaces, are driven at the workplace level.
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