I'm angry and I understand why Australians paying mortgages are angry.

I know reform is never easy. But I know reform is right.

If we change the way the electricity sector operates, we can bring down our levels of carbon pollution, and continue the crucial task of tackling climate change. Putting a price on carbon would do this.

At the end of the day government is about teamwork and partnership and we will be proving that by working together.

Try harder every day to be better than the day before.

If you complain, you’re ‘playing the victim’; if you don’t complain, you are a victim.

There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead.