Labor is at its best when we are the party of ideas and action - ideas that empower the powerless and actions that build a better Australia for the long term.

Once upon a time, I thought denial was a river in Egypt. It's actually the attitude of the Abbott government.

What I believe to be every Australian's right - a good, safe job with proper pay and conditions.

Productivity is driven at the enterprise level. Better wages, better performing workplaces, are driven at the workplace level.

Labor should not be about creating monuments on hills or statues in parks. Labors monuments and statues are when a young person can find a job, when a person with disability can get access to the ordinary life that others take for granted.

I'm a Christian and a supporter of marriage equality under the law.

To the best of my knowledge, when I became national secretary and, indeed, Victorian secretary, the - my predecessors in the union had detected wrong activities, activities which aren't in the best traditions of the AWU or, indeed, trade unionism.