: And that means there more to do, he will say in his Australia Day address at the Brimbank Council Citizenship Ceremony in Sunshine in his Melbourne electorate on Tuesday morning, according to Nine News Australia. Mr Shorten said Australia was made stronger by co-operation, greater opportunity, shared reward and the "sacred anthem of the fair go". But the mission of building a fairer Australian wasn't yet done."For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the long shadow of prejudice, discrimination and exclusion still diminishes their lives and living standards and taints our constitution," Mr Shorten says. Australia had achieved a quarter century of economic growth yet inequality was at a 75-year high. Australia still isn't a nation of equal pay and opportunity for women. Click here for more information. Mr Shorten says earnings have risen three times faster for the top 10 per cent of income earners than the bottom 10 per cent and Australia three richest controlled more wealth than the bottom million."So today, let us promise to make equality and egalitarianism more than paper virtues, invoked on public holidays," he said."Let us tackle the poverty, the inequality, the inter-generational disadvantage which jeopardise our national prosperity."Mr Shorten said for the first Australia Day in history leaders of both major parties were avowed republicans."So today I say to the prime minister, let us work together to seize this moment to lead the movement for change," he said.© AAP 2016Politics Send your photos, videos and stories to can remain anonymous.
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