Bill Shorten has long been touted as a potential future prime minister by many within the Labor Party.
He first became involved in the party at university, after which he worked as a lawyer at the firm Maurice Blackburn.
He joined the union movement in 1994 and served as national secretary of the Australian Workers Union from 2001 to 2007.
He was also a board member of lobby group GetUp! until early 2006.
In 2008, he entered federal parliament, winning the safe Labor seat of Maribyrnong, ((MAH-ruh-buh-nong)) in Melbourne's west.
He became Labor leader in 2013.
Three years later at the 2016 federal election, Mr Shorten led Labor to gain 14 seats on the back of a campaign centred around health care and education.
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