Of Course I Base All My Election

John Howard's Credibility On The Entire Iraq War Has Been Torpedoed By John Howard's Own Intelligence Agency.

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.

We Are So Fortunate, As Australians, To Have Among Us The Oldest Continuing Cultures In Human History. Cultures That Link Our Nation With Deepest Antiquity. We Have Aboriginal Rock Art In The Kimberley That Is As Ancient As The Great Palaeolithic Cave Paintings At Altamira And Lascaux In Europe.

I Am Deeply Committed To The Cause Of Indigenous Australians, And Not Just Because Of The Apology, But The Big Challenges Which Lie Ahead In Closing The Gap.

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.