It Is A High Honour To Be

A Core Challenge For Australia Is - How Do We Best Prepare Ourselves For The Asia Pacific Century - To Maximise The Opportunities, To Minimise The Threats And To Make Our Own Active Contribution To Making This Asia-pacific Century Peaceful, Prosperous And Sustainable For Us All.

We Want A National Emissions Trading Scheme, The Government Does Not And Has Rejected One For Years. We Want To Boost The Mandatory Renewable Energies Target, The Government Has Failed To Do That. We Want A National Demand Side Management Strategy For The Country To Reduce Electricity Consumption And The Government, Up Until Now, Has Done Very Little On That Score.

If Australia Wants An Effective United Nations, We Have To Be Comprehensively, Not Marginally, Engaged.

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 Respects Fearful For Its Future.

The Government's Mission Is To Build A Strong And Fair Australia Capable Of Meeting The New Challenges Of The 21st Century.