Bill Shorten will retire from federal politics after 17 years

The former Labor leader and NDIS minister will begin a new role at Canberra University as of February 2025.

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00:00Now, like many people in their 50s, I've started to think about what comes next.

00:07I have a choice, which I've discussed with the Prime Minister.

00:11To seek more terms in Parliament or step into a new career while I'm relatively young enough

00:18to make that choice and can choose a career consistent with my ideals about ensuring that

00:27people can fulfil their potential.

00:30Core to the future of Australia is ensuring our nation can choose its own path.

00:35That means choosing education, choosing skills, choosing the re-skilling of our Australians,

00:41choosing lifelong knowledge acquisition.

00:44That is why I'm excited to say that from February of next year, I've been chosen to be the Vice

00:52Chancellor of the University of Canberra.

00:56Education is the modern means of taking someone from disadvantage to advantage in a way that

01:01no other method can, and universities have a critical role to play.