It Is A High Honour

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

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.

I Just Don't Really Get Into All That Sort Of Personal Negative Stuff. My Job Is To Outline Some Positive Plans For The Country's Future And Perhaps Mr. Howard And The Government Don't Like The Fact That I'm Putting Out Some Positive Alternatives. What's Their Preference.. For Me To Be A Negative Carping Opposition Leader?

We Have A Prime Minister, I'm The Foreign Minister, I'm Trying To Get On With The Job Of Doing Australia's Foreign Policy.

There's Nothing Like Having A Bit Of Somebody Else In You.