People are happiest when they are giving, they are saddest when they are just taking. And that is the core message of community.

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.

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

I was elected by the people of Australia as Prime Minister of Australia. I was elected to do a job, I intend to continue doing that job. I intend to continue doing it to the absolute best of my ability. Part of that job has been to steer this country through the worst economic crisis the world has seen in 75 years.

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.

Australia is a nation of compassion. Courage and compassion. And the third of these great values: resilience.

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.