Our nation is well equipped to make the transition. We have an abundance of natural resources like wind, natural gas, solar and geothermal.

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

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

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

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.

We encourage China to engage as a good global citizen and we are clear-eyed about where differences do lie.

So in many ways for me, having lived through what I've lived through, and endured what I've endured, I've got more confidence that I can do the next bit - and there's something sustaining about that.