Promising to set targets to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the justice system, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten claims a young Aboriginal man of 18 is more likely to end up in jail than university.

Labor will provide an additional $2 million a year to peak disability advocacy organisations so people with disability have a powerful voice on the issues that matter to them. This funding will give certainty to peak disability advocacy organisations that had their funding slashed by the Liberals just before Christmas last year. It will also...

A Shorten Labor Government will further curtail Australia’s biggest preventable cause of disease and death by raising tobacco excise to bring it in line with world’s best practice. Tobacco excise If a Shorten Labor Government is successful at the next election Labor will introduce four annual 12.5 per cent increases in excise on: 1 September...

Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek announced Labor would restore $40 million to Australia's aid budget if re-elected and denies Labor also cut the aid budget when in government.

Election victories in Britain and Canada show the Labor Party where more work is needed.