Of Course I Base All My Election

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.

I Am Determined To Honour The Confidence Which Has Been Extended To Us By The People Of Our Great Land. And I Say To All Of Those Who Have Voted For Us Today, I Say To Each And Every One Of Them That I Will Be A Prime Minister For All Australians.

By Way Of Personal Instinct, I Have An Inherent Distaste For Grandiose Rhetorical Statements, Which Don't Have Any Substantive Dimension To Them

It Is Tragic That We Have Lost One Of Our Nation's Finest Actors In The Prime Of His Life. Heath Ledger's Diverse And Challenging Roles Will Be Remembered As Some Of The Great Performances By An Australian Actor.

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.