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Bill Shorten

Member for Maribyrnong · Australian Labor Party · VIC · Former member

Photo: Matt Hrkac, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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How they voted on policies

Each policy groups related divisions. Counts are this member's recorded votes from 29 May 2008 to 28 Nov 2024; the score is They Vote For You's weighted agreement across all years. A voting record shows how someone voted, not necessarily what they personally believe.

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Time in Parliament

Terms of service and ministerial or shadow ministerial roles, from OpenAustralia's hand-maintained records of the Parliamentary Handbook.

Terms of service

  • House of Representatives

    24 Nov 2007 – 20 Jan 2025 · Resigned

Ministerial and shadow roles

  • Minister for Government Services

    1 June 2022 – 13 May 2025

  • Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme

    1 June 2022 – 13 May 2025

  • Shadow Minister for Government Services

    2 June 2019 – 1 June 2022

  • Shadow Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme

    2 June 2019 – 1 June 2022

  • Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (House)

    6 Dec 2017 – 2 June 2019

  • Leader of the Opposition (shadow ministry)

    13 Oct 2013 – 2 June 2019

  • Minister for Education

    1 July 2013 – 18 Sept 2013

  • Minister for Workplace Relations

    1 July 2013 – 18 Sept 2013

5 earlier roles

  • Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation

    14 Sept 2010 – 18 Sept 2013

  • Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

    14 Dec 2011 – 1 July 2013

  • Assistant Treasurer

    14 Sept 2010 – 14 Dec 2011

  • Parliamentary Secretary for Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction

    25 Feb 2009 – 14 Sept 2010

  • Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's Services

    3 Dec 2007 – 14 Sept 2010