The Caricature Of My Own Face Always

Try Harder Every Day To Be Better Than The Day Before.

The Prime Minister Seems Now To Be Basing His Re-election Campaign On This Plot Line. He Is Saying To The Australian People, Look Out, The Baddies Behind You - Hiss, Boo And Whatever You Do, Don't Vote Labor. This Political Parody Of Pantomime Is Looking And Sounding Desperate.

The Global Economic Outlook Remains Fragile And Uncertain. Global Economic Imbalances Persist And We Must Address Them Or Risk Future Instability.

So In Many Ways For Me, Having Lived Through What I've Lived Through, And Endured What I've Endured, I've Got More Confidence That I Can Do The Next Bit - And There's Something Sustaining About That.

I Don't Rule Out The Possibility Of Legislating A Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, A Market-based Mechanism.