Chloe Shorten
| Chloe Shorten | |
|---|---|
 Chloe Shorten, 2015 | |
| Born |
Chloe Bryce 1971 (age 44–45) Brisbane, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Spouse(s) |
Roger Parkin (m. 2000; div. 2009; 2 children) Bill Shorten (m. 2009; 1 child) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | |
Chloe Shorten (née Bryce) is an Australian corporate affairs specialist, a member of the Burnet Institute's Engagement Committee and Strategic Advisor for their Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Program, and wife of Opposition leader Bill Shorten.[1]
She met Bill Shorten in 2007, when she was working in corporate relations in the resource industry and he was the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services in the Rudd Government. She moved to Melbourne when she married Shorten in 2009 and their first daughter, Clementine, was born. They live in Moonee Ponds with Shorten children from her previous marriage, Rupert and Georgette[2]
Family
She moved to Melbourne when she married Bill Shorten in 2009 and their little girl, Clementine, was born. Now, Clemmie is five, and they live in Moonee Ponds with Mrs Shorten’s children from her previous marriage, Rupert, 13, and Georgette, 12, and their two British bulldogs.
Despite six years of immersion in political life, Mrs Shorten has mostly kept herself and her children out of the political spotlight, trying to hang on to a modicum of privacy in a digital world that sees them filmed on smart phones just about every time they step outside the door.
Early Career
She is a former newspaper and magazine journalist. She was born in Brisbane in 1971 as the fourth of five children. Her mother is Dame Quentin Bryce who was the Governor General of Australia and her father is Michael Bryce.
After high school, she joined the Sunday Mail in Brisbane as a copygirl, and started studying journalism remotely through Deakin University in Victoria, where she went on to get her degree in communications.
Editor Bob Gordon gave her the start she needed in journalism, then she went to live with family friends in Port Moresby, where she volunteered and continued her university studies
She is passionate about ending family violence (she is an Ambassador for the Victorian Government’s Victoria Against Violence campaign) and about supporting equality in the society.[3][4][5][6]
References
- ↑ "Chloe Shorten". Labor Herald. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ↑ "Chloe Shorten on Life Love and Family with Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten". Heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ↑ Chloe Shorten. "Chloe Shorten: Why I feel so strongly about family violence". Labor Herald. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ↑ Chloe Shorten (2015-11-27). "Can we stop family violence in my lifetime?". Labor Herald. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ↑ Chloe Shorten. "Children need us to support the Safe Schools program for their sakes". The Age. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ↑ "Chloe Shorten - Passionate advocate for equality". chloeshorten.com. Retrieved 2016-03-14.