工黨黨首Bill Shorten

東南網澳大利亞站5月21日訊（本站記者 彭寒） 澳大利亞反對黨，即工黨（Labor Party）于5月21日上午在悉尼坎普貝爾頓（Campbelltown）舉行了新南威爾士州選前大會，工黨黨首Bill Shorten出席并發表了長約半個小時的演講。

數名新州工黨高層也出席了本次活動，同時有數百名工黨支持者到場為他們所支持的領袖喝彩。他們均身著支持工黨的紅色衣服，活動現場儼然一片紅色的海洋。

“大選屬于每一個澳大利亞人，我們會走進每一個居民區，深入到每一個澳大利亞的家庭。”Bill Shorten如是說。

“這是一次規模更大的大選，我們并不被外界看好（We came to this election as underdogs），但我們會與一百萬個選民對話，與他們討論澳大利亞的未來。”

“我們會在在7月2號創造歷史”

到場支持者的情緒十分高漲，喝彩聲數度打斷了他的演講。新州工黨青年志愿者Marc告訴記者，如果不是之前工黨政府的政策，他也許永遠負擔不起他的大學學費，他現在會為他的學弟學妹們搖旗吶喊。

Bill Shorten答記者問

據悉，教育是本次大選的重點話題。以Bill Shorten為首的反對黨，即工黨，對自由黨政府所提出的有關放寬高校管理(university deregulation)的相關政策提出了明確反對，有專家指出后者可能將導致高校學費大幅漲價。

本次澳大利亞大選將于7月2日舉行，競選周期共有八周的時間。這也是澳大利亞歷史上競選周期最長的大選之一。

Bill Shorten的競選大巴

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“We’re going to make history.” Says Bill Shorten

By Han, 21 May Bill Shorten, the opposition leader from Australian Labor Party, spoke to his members and supporters of News South Wales this morning in Campbelltown, saying even though Labor came into this election as the underdog, they’ll make history. “This election is not about me or Mr. Turnbull.” Bill Said, “It’s about 24 millions people of Australia.” “We will have 1 million conversations with Australians during our campaign about our vision for this country. 1 Millions.” The room was filled out with hundreds of his supporters, whose cheering and applause stopped Bill several times during his speech. “I may never have a chance to go to university without Labor party.” Said Marc, the 25-year-old Labor volunteer, “I’m now fighting for my schoolmates.” The education sector is considered as one of the major battlefield of this election with the Liberal government’s intention of implementing university regulation plan. “We will make history.” Said Mr. Shorten.

Bill Shorten, leader of Australian Labor Party