Any sort of political correctness needs to be swept out of the way

In the quest for comparative advantage, investment will flow towards those countries that can offer more output for fewer emissions. Inaction will cost jobs. Action will support jobs.

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

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

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

There are some things that can't be measured.

Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals.