Bill Shorten

Bill Shorten led the party until 2019, when it lost to the coalition despite entering the federal election with a commanding lead in preference polling. However, Labor was returned to power by the 2022 federal election, which led to the premiership of Anthony Albanese.

The Labor Party, led by Bill Shorten, argued that the benefits of the robust economy had not been shared across Australian society, and it was critical of the coalition’s energy policy and approach to climate change, especially in the wake of an epidemic of drought-sparked bushfires, along with the recent…

Morrison’s opposite number with Labor, Bill Shorten, leader of the party since 2013, focused instead on pledges to share the benefits of economic prosperity more widely and to improve education and health care. Labor carried a solid lead in preference polling into the elections, but when the results were in,…