Bill Shorten had one last "zinger" to offer when announcing his retirement from politics, as a journalist asked for an inside look into the conversations that led to his decision. "I think you would ...

Former Labor leader Bill Shorten is retiring from politics. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman Federal minister and former prime ministerial hopeful Bill Shorten has announced his retirement from ...

Master of the political zinger, commander of Napoleonic war dioramas and factional backroom telephone juggler, Bill Shorten's greatest hits reel is rich in colour, conflict and comedy. From Moonee ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Bill Shorten oversaw a controversial deal under which a Melbourne builder paid his union hundreds of thousands of dollars over a decade ...

The Labor man shifts in his chair and glances around the cafe. In footy-mad Victoria, what he is about to say amounts to an accusation of heresy – of disloyalty to a code deeper than politics, deeper ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Wearing the Gordon clan tie that belonged to his late father-in-law Michael Bryce, and with his family watching on, Bill Shorten ...

"It was an easy conversation - 'Stuff chemistry, let's get you into a boat'." A school science lab after a lesson about a blast furnace is not the most likely place for an Olympic journey to begin.

Chris Shorten is one of those cartoonists who can distill life’s weirdness, awkwardness, and absurdity into a single perfectly timed panel—and somehow make it both smart and stupid in the best way.

Australia has acquired a reputation for rapidly changing prime ministers: five times in the past nine years. Yet it could soon have another if Bill Shorten's Labor Party wins an election on 18 May. Mr ...