Including everyone in the economic, wealth-creating life of the nation is today the best way for Labor (Australian Labor Party) to meet its twin goals of raising national prosperity and creating a fair and decent society.

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

Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.

In Australia, average temperatures have risen almost one degree since 1910, and each decade since the 1940s has been warmer than the one before. That warming is real. Its consequences are real. And it will change our lives in real and practical ways.

Through hard work and education, we can deliver a strong economy and opportunity for all.

He will always know as we know now that in the heat of battle he did not fail when mateship and duty called.

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