Chloe Shorten
| Chloe Shorten | |
|---|---|
 Chloe Shorten, 2015 | |
| Born |
Chloe Bryce 1971 (age 45–46) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Residence | Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia |
| Education |
Indooroopilly State High School Somerville House School |
| Alma mater |
Deakin University University of Queensland |
| Spouse(s) |
Roger Parkin (m. 1997; div. 2009) Bill Shorten (m. 2009) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) |
Michael Bryce Quentin Strachan |
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]
Early life and education
Shorten was born in Brisbane in 1971 as the fourth of five children.[2] Her mother is Dame Quentin Bryce who was the Governor General of Australia and her father is Michael Bryce. She attended Ironside State School, Somerville House and Indooroopilly State High School.[3] 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. She started, but did not complete, an MBA at the University of Queensland.[3]
Career
Shorten is a former newspaper and magazine journalist.[2]
In 2009, Shorten was working as a media consultant for Cement Australia.[4] From 2014 until 2016 she worked in Perth as Head of Corporate Affairs at engineering services company Calibre. She resigned to spend more time with her husband on the election campaign trail.[5]
Shorten describes herself as passionate about ending family violence.[6] She is an Ambassador for the Victorian Government’s Victoria Against Violence campaign.[3][2] Shorten was friends with Allison Baden-Clay and spoke out against the downgrading of her husband's conviction from murder to manslaughter.[7] She is a strategic advisor for the Burnet Institute in Papua New Guinea.[3][2]
Personal life
Shorten's first marriage was to Brisbane architect Roger Parkin. They were divorced in 2009. She has two children with Parkin, who now live with her and Bill Shorten in Melbourne.[4] 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.[8] She moved to Melbourne when she married Shorten in 2009 and their daughter was born.[4]
References
- ↑ Shorten, Chloe (8 March 2016). "International Women’s Day — a grand tradition, but much unfinished business". Labor Herald. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Clark, Blanche (24 June 2016). "Chloe Shorten touted as Bill’s secret weapon in election campaign". Herald Sun. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Davies, Anne (17 June 2016). "Federal election 2016: 12 things you might not know about Chloe Shorten". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- 1 2 3 "MP Bill Shorten expecting child with Chloe Bryce". The Australian. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ↑ Spagnolo, Joe (19 June 2016). "Chloe Shorten, wife of Labor leader Bill Shorten, tells of love affair with WA". The Advertister. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ↑ Shorten, Chloe (27 November 2015). "Can we stop family violence in my lifetime?". Labor Herald. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ↑ Murray, David (13 December 2015). "Gerard Baden-Clay appeal: Chloe Shorten tells of lost friend Allison". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ↑ Riley, Robyn (12 May 2012). "The Labor power couple Bill and Chloe Shorten slams haters over hurtful slur". The Advertiser. Retrieved 28 June 2016.