Because The Time Has Come, Well And

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ladies And Gentlemen, It Is With Great Sadness That I Announce That I Will Resign As Australia's Minister For Foreign Affairs. I Am Sad Because I Love This Job. I'm Totally Dedicated To The Work That We Are Doing In Australia's Name Around The World, And I Believe That We Have Achieved Many Good Results For Australia, And I'm Proud Of Them.