Having a go at kids with a terminal illness is really beyond the pale, absolutely beyond the pale.

Australians are a passionate lot. We are also a very practical lot.

The Apology opened the opportunity for a new relationship based on mutual respect and mutual responsibility between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia. Because without mutual respect and mutual responsibility, the truth is we can achieve very little.

Building a new Health and Hospitals Network is fundamental to building a stronger and fairer Australia.

We are moving toward recognition of the first Australians in the Australian constitution.

Politics is about power. It is about the power of the state. It is about the power of the state as applied to individuals, the society in which they live and the economy in which they work. Most critically, our responsibility in this parliament is how that power is used: whether it is used for the benefit of the few or the many.

A future where all Australians, whatever their origins, are truly equal partners, with equal opportunities and with an equal stake in shaping the next chapter in the history of this great country, Australia.