The speechwriter hired for $300,000 a year to assist former government minister Bill Shorten has followed him to his new role as vice-chancellor at the University of Canberra (UC). Mr Shorten ...

Bill Shorten has announced his retirement from politics and revealed his next career move as the vice chancellor of the University of Canberra. Shorten has served as the member of the Victorian ...

But the threat is partly home-grown and self-inflicted. Bill Shorten and Catherine Livingstone have come to similar conclusions as to why universities are out of favour with the community.

Bill Shorten has declared himself “a proud moderate” in a valedictory speech declaring parliament has the responsibility to ensure the extremes do not set the terms of political debate.

Most workers cannot wait to get rid of this dreadful federal Coalition government. But fewer believe that a Bill Shorten-led Labor government will actually change the rules, writes Sue Bull. The ...