The Australian Financial Review | Shorten locks in penalty rates as key election issue The Australian Financial Review Bill Shorten says Labor will campaign on penalty rates at the next election. Andrew Meares. Share on twitter. by Misa Han. Labor leader Bill Shorten has invited the government to go right ahead with proposed changes to penalty rates and promised to ... Penalty rates pay for private schooling: Bill Shorten's wink to the aspirationals ACTU says 24 hour society a myth Bring on penalty rates election: Shorten |