Redcliffe RSL hosts People’s Forum

In an attempt to win over undecided voters, Bill Shorten has attended a ‘People’s Forum’ at the Redcliffe RSL.

Bill Shorten has made commitment towards ensuring Australia’s steel industry remains intact. Some criticism was directed towards the Liberal government for the car industry disaster.

Other issues touched on incuded: tax exemptions for religious organisations, putting pressure on childcare fees so they remain low, reducing the cost of private health insurance by consorting with the Private Health Care exeutives.

There were comments regarding the current NBN system, ‘Too much copper.’ There was also talk of reducing the gender pay gap from 17%, directed towards education and nursing.

He was quoted as saying, “It’s sort of ironic that the current Turnbull Government is making some of the same mistakes of disunity that got people so annoyed in the Rudd and Gillard era, but we seem to have learned our lesson about being united.”