All my life I've believed that men and women have equal capacities and talents...consequently there should be equality in life's chances.

My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game.

I don't rule out the possibility of legislating a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, a market-based mechanism.

Over the Christmas period, I spent time with both Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, and you listen to stories and tales of how hard it can be when it's really hard, and I think we easily all talk ourselves into the proposition that it's never been as hard as this. Well it's been hard in the past. It's been really hard. So you keep doing it and, the more you do it, the more you gain strength and confidence that you can do it.

The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability.

Climate change is real and it is caused to a significant extent by human activity.

The Prime Minister seems now to be basing his re-election campaign on this plot line. He is saying to the Australian people, look out, the baddies behind you - hiss, boo and whatever you do, don't vote Labor. This political parody of pantomime is looking and sounding desperate.