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

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.

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

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

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

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.

One of my prized possessions is still the prefect's tie that I got in this school. I keep it with me. It was the first leadership position I ever had.