I deeply believe that if the Australian Labor Party, a party of which I have been a proud member for more than 30 years, is to have the best future for our nation, then it must change fundamentally its culture and to end the power of faceless men. Australia must be governed by the people, not by the factions.

It is unlikely that you'll have anything emerge from MEF (Major Economies Forum) by way of detailed programmatic specificity.

We have seen this complete right wing takeover of modern liberalism, and it is an ugly spectacle to behold.

We have a prime minister, I'm the foreign minister, I'm trying to get on with the job of doing Australia's foreign policy.

If you accept it to be natural and normal to be gay then it follows it is not right for two folk who love each other to be denied marriage.

It is a high honour to be elected Prime Minister of Australia.

There's nothing like having a bit of somebody else in you.