Leading businessman Tony Shepherd has strongly defended Bill Shorten, saying a deal he negotiated in 2005 to build the $2.5 billion EastLink road project in Melbourne delivered workers one of the highest rates of pay for any urban construction project and finished the project ahead of schedule.
"It was one of the best projects I have even been involved in," he said.
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