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If You Accept It To Be Natural And Normal To Be Gay Then It Follows It Is Not Right For Two Folk Who Love Each Other To Be Denied Marriage.

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

Compassion Is Not A Dirty Word.. It's Time We Rehabilitated Compassion Into The National Political Vocabulary Of This Great Nation Of Ours.

No Diplomatic Intervention Will Ever Be Made By Any Government That I Lead In Support Of Any Individual Terrorist's Life. We Have Only Indicated In The Past, And Will Maintain A Policy In The Future, Of Intervening Diplomatically In Support Of Australian Nationals Who Face Capital Sentences Abroad.

The Time Has Now Come For The Nation To Turn A New Page In Australia's History By Righting The Wrongs Of The Past And So Moving Forward With Confidence To The Future. We Apologise For The Laws And Policies Of Successive Parliaments And Governments That Have Inflicted Profound Grief, Suffering And Loss On These Our Fellow Australians.