WHO IS LABOR'S CANDIDATE, GED KEARNEY?
* Ged (Geraldine) Kearney has been formally announced as Bill Shorten's star candidate for the Batman by-election.
* She has been President of The Australian Council of Trade Unions since 2010.
* As president, Ms Kearney has spoken out in favour of a Royal Commission into the banks and wants avenues for the public to tell their stories of bank misdeeds. She's also campaigned against penalty rate cuts and argued for the provision of paid family violence leave.
* She became a registered nurse in 1985 and has worked in numerous roles across the public and private sectors.
* She lives in Melbourne and grew up in the city's inner suburb of Richmond.
* She's the mother of four children.
* And Director of CBUS Super Fund.
* Ms Kearney describes herself as a "tragic" fan of the Richmond Tigers.
