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

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.

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.

I don't rule out the possibility of legislating a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, a market-based mechanism.

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

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

I know people are looking at whats happening in Washington and then they also look at events in Europe, in Greece and Portugal and other places and worry about that.