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In Your Telephone Call, You [malcolm Turnbull]said That Neither You Nor The Cabinet Would Be Supporting My Nomination. When I Asked The Reasons For This, You Said That Neither You Nor The Cabinet Has The View That I Had The Qualifications For The Position [of Un's Secretary-general].

Because The Time Has Come, Well And Truly Come, For All Peoples Of Our Great Country, For All Citizens Of Our Great Commonwealth, For All Australians - Those Who Are Indigenous And Those Who Are Not - To Come Together To Reconcile And Together Build A New Future For Our Nation.

I Just Don't Really Get Into All That Sort Of Personal Negative Stuff. My Job Is To Outline Some Positive Plans For The Country's Future And Perhaps Mr. Howard And The Government Don't Like The Fact That I'm Putting Out Some Positive Alternatives. What's Their Preference.. For Me To Be A Negative Carping Opposition Leader?

Compassion Is Not A Dirty Word. Compassion Is Not A Sign Of Weakness. In My View, Compassion In Politics And In Public Policy Is In Fact A Hallmark Of Great Strength. It Is A Hallmark Of A Society Which Has About It A Decency Which Speaks For Itself.

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.