Bill Shorten’s ‘speech writer’ paid ‘more than most sitting MPs’

Sky News host Liz Storer says NDIS Minister Bill Shorten has a “speech writer” being paid “more than most sitting MPs”. “Bill Shorten has decided, although he says it was not his decision, to have a speech writer being paid $300,000 a year,” Ms Storer said. “This is more than most sitting MPs, their base salary does not come near that.”