A continuing narrative throughout Australia's history that says it is better to build up than to tear down - this is the continuing mission of Labor..

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 ….

Education is both a tool of social justice as well as a fundamental driver of economic development..

By way of personal instinct, I have an inherent distaste for grandiose rhetorical statements, which don't have any substantive dimension to them.

I do not know whether I will be in this place for a short or a long time. That is for others to decide. But what I do know is that I have no intentio….

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

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

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

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

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..

Attaining a PhD is just an excuse that all young women are using nowadays to avoid starting families..

I was elected by the Australian people to bring back a fair go for all Australians. I have given my absolute best to do that..

Compassion is not a dirty word.. it's time we rehabilitated compassion into the national political vocabulary of this great nation of ours..

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

Mr Howard's problem is for so long he's been a climate change sceptic, how can he, therefore, put himself to the country as part of a climate change ….

Senator Obama's message of hope is not just for America's future, it is also a message of hope for the world as well. A world which is now in many re….

A future where all Australians, whatever their origins, are truly equal partners, with equal opportunities and with an equal stake in shaping the nex….

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..

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

John Howard has gone a bridge too far by not going far enough.

By 2050, the Australian population is expected to grow from 22 million to 36 million. That increase alone will put huge pressure on our towns and our….