Shorten aiming to fulfill longtime ambition in race for PM

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's election as leader of the Labor Party in 2013 fulfilled a long-held ambition for the former union head. Image: Bill Shorten on the campaign trail (AAP)

Now, Mr Shorten has his eyes on an even bigger prize: becoming prime minister of Australia.

 

On July the 2nd, Mr Shorten will battle it out at the polling booths with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to see who will lead the country for the next three years.