Australians Are A Passionate Lot. We Are

It Is A High Honour To Be Elected Prime Minister Of Australia.

My Task, As A Member Of This Parliament And A 30-year Member Of The Australian Labor Party, As Its Former Leader, As Its Former Foreign Minister And Its Former Prime Minister, Is To Now Throw My Every Effort In Securing Julia Gillard's Re-election As Labor Prime Minister At The Next Election.

2009 Was A Tough Year, But Australia Rose To The Challenge Of The Global Financial Crisis. It Shows What Can Be Done When We All Join Together And Work Together, Governments Of All Persuasions State, Territory And Local; Businesses Large And Small; Unions And Local Communities Right Across The Nation.

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 Cities. We Will Need More Homes, More Roads, More Rail Lines, More Hospitals, More Schools, Just To Accommodate So Many Australians.

Something My Mum Taught Me Years And Years And Years Ago, Is Life's Just Too Short To Carry Around A Great Bucket-load Of Anger And Resentment And Bitterness And Hatreds And All That Sort Of Stuff.