‘If you’re trying to link me, good luck’: Shorten denies any involvement in speechwriter’s $300k payday

Frontbencher Bill Shorten says he has nothing to do with negotiating the contracts of departmental speechwriters, denying any link to an employee’s $600,000 contract to provide speeches across his portfolios. Frontbencher Bill Shorten says he has nothing to do with negotiating the contracts of departmental speechwriters, denying any link to an employee’s $600,000 contract to provide speeches across his portfolios. Federal Government, Government and Politics, Media Industry Latest business news