Bill Shorten MP

Recent Speaker

Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation

May 27, 2011

11.30am - 1.30pm

"New Directions in Not-For-Profit"

Bill Shorten is the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation in the Gillard Labor Government. He was re-elected as the Member for Maribyrnong at the 2010 Federal Election held on 21 August 2010 and sworn in to the Ministry on 14 September 2010.

Before his promotion to the Ministry after the 2010 election, Bill was the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities, Children’s Services and Victorian Bushfire reconstruction.

After working as a solicitor for law firm Maurice Blackburn Cashman, Bill became an organiser with the Australian Workers’ Union (AWU) in 1994. During his time at the union, Bill held key leadership positions including State Secretary of the AWU Victoria Branch from 1997 to 2006 and the National Secretary from 2001 to 2007.

Bill has also been a director of AustralianSuper, Australia’s largest superannuation fund and a director of the Victorian Funds Management Corporation. This experience, combined with his MBA from the Melbourne Business School and a Bachelors degree in Arts and Law from Monash University, gives Bill both the education and practical experience required for such a diverse and complex portfolio.