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Frontbencher Bill Shorten says he has nothing to do with negotiating the contracts of departmental speechwriters, denying any link to an employee's $600,000 contract to provide speeches across his portfolios.
A professional speechwriter will be paid around $300,000 a year to assist NDIS Minister Bill Shorten, despite there being an existing communications team.