Bill Shorten leaves union inquiry

Federal opposition leader Bill Shorten has left the unions royal commission hearing in Sydney.

Australian opposition leader Bill Shorten.

Bill Shorten will become the third Labor leader to face a royal commission set up by Tony Abbott. (AAP)

Bill Shorten has left after facing a long day of questioning at the unions royal commission hearing in Sydney.

The Labor leader was driven past waiting media as police stood guard to clear his path in Market Street on Wednesday afternoon.

Mr Shorten spent hours answering questions about his former role in the Australian Workers Union in Victoria.

He revealed in the hearing he had failed to declare a donation from a labour-hire company ahead of the 2007 federal election.


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