16 Facts About Chloe Shorten

Clothilde Edwina Louise Shorten is an Australian corporate affairs specialist and the spouse of former Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten.

Chloe Shorten was born in Brisbane in 1971 as the fourth of five children.

Chloe Shorten's mother is Dame Quentin Bryce who was the Governor General of Australia and her father is Michael Bryce.

Chloe Shorten grew up in the suburb of St Lucia, containing the University of Queensland where her mother was a law lecturer and tutor.

Chloe Shorten attended Ironside State School, Somerville House and Indooroopilly State High School.

Chloe Shorten started, but then never completed an MBA at the University of Queensland.

Between 1993 and 1994, Chloe Shorten worked at Lexmark as a marketing assistant.

Recommencing her career in 2014, after a four year break due to rearing their first child together with Bill Chloe Shorten, she worked at engineering services company Calibre.

Chloe Shorten then resigned in 2016 to spend more time with her husband on the election campaign trail.

Chloe Shorten describes herself as passionate about equal opportunity and ending family violence.

Chloe Shorten has been an Ambassador for the Victorian Government's Victoria Against Violence campaign and is a Patron of Our Watch.

Chloe Shorten is a strategic advisor for the Burnet Institute in Papua New Guinea.

In 2018, Chloe Shorten was appointed as an Ambassador for the Gidget Foundation, whose mission is to raise awareness of perinatal anxiety and depression.

Chloe Shorten sometimes used the surname "Bryce-Parkin" during that time.

Chloe Shorten met Bill Shorten in 2007, when she was working in corporate relations in the resource industry and he was the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's Services in the Rudd Government.

Chloe Shorten moved to Melbourne and married Bill Shorten in November 2009, giving birth to their child in January 2010.