People are not perfect... very often the relationships that are strongest are those where people have worked through big crises, but they've had to w….

I think he was absolutely right not to go to UN last week... First things first - that is, values and people here in their local communities, and rem….

I have very real concerns about the civil liberties implications of ultimately requiring every resident to submit themselves for compulsory fingerpri….

Fifty per cent of the public doesn't know what 'fifty per cent' means..

We just have to be crystal clear that if we were to abandon all the reforms made over some very painful years in the Labour party, we would be consig….

But clearly at the same time you've got to get out there and connect with voters and actually respond to the needs, the frustrations, whatever proble….

Certainly we know from our own experience how very difficult it is when you've lost an election that perhaps a lot of people were expecting you to wi….

And some of what we're doing in Government even now, some of the welfare reform programs that are helping lone mothers come into work are based on th….

You don't repair that relationship by sitting down and talking about trust or making promises. Actually, what rebuilds it is living it and doing thin….

A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users..

And it seems to me in that experience may lie at least some of the clues for policy development perhaps constitutional changes as well that Labour wi….

Business leaders must not cling to old ways of doing business, or allow inertia or complacency to prevent them from making the decisions that they wi….

As patients and consumers, we are better informed today about our health care than any previous generation..

You've got to respond to that and of course thinking through the role of a left party in the modern world, in the modern economy and society and havi….

The accusation that we've lost our soul resonates with a very modern concern about authenticity..

And I hope very much that the ALP will become increasingly engaged in the international discussions that are taking place amongst centre-left parties….