Inspirational Speech by Bill Shorten

The following speech was made by Bill Shorten at the Special Olympics dinner held on Friday August 28th.  I really appreciated the speech and I hope that you do as well.

You must be thinking, oh my goodness, what could a junior minister in the Rudd Government have to say that could provoke your interest on such a fantastic night.

Well first of all I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land and I would like to thank Special Olympics Sydney Upper North Shore for inviting me.

The first thing I would like to say is that I congratulate Mel Eustace on her award.  It was fantastic.

I don’t know what set of circumstances brings you each here tonight.  It could be a family reason, it could be a notion of just giving back to your community.  It could be that you’ve accidentally come across Special Olympics and once touched, you can never let it go, because it is so special.  Read more