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This election is not about John Hewson, and it is not about Paul Keating. We are servants of the people of Australia. This election is about the people of Australia and their problems. We hear about the debt rising to $200 billion, increasing by about $50 million a day, or $2 million an hour. We hear about the fact that there are 1,017,600 Australians who can’t find work and nearly as many others who can’t find as much work as they want. We hear about the 700,000 children who live in homes where...

Nearly 100 years ago, our forebears created a new nation on this continent – a land to which people from all over the world could come to make a contribution. As we enter a new century, we face again the same challenge that confronted our nation’s founders. Can we come together, and put petty rivalries and differences aside, and build a new nation for a new century? We’re here in an election campaign that will decide how Australia enters that century – our second century as a nation. But above...

Men and women of Australia: today I offer myself as Prime Minister of this great country. I want the job. I’m committed, I’m qualified, and I’m here for the long haul. I have a plan to deliver a fair share, and a secure future, for all Australians. I stand for the best possible education for all, not just the rich. I stand for a health system where your Medicare Card is more important than your credit card. I will put the care back into aged care. I stand for making the GST simpler and fairer...

My message today comes straight from the people of Australia. It’s a message to the people, drawn from the strength and wisdom of the people. From the Australians I’ve been privileged to meet, across the vast suburbs and regions of our nation, over the past 10 months. And the millions of their fellow Australians they represent. Today I want to speak on their behalf. I want to talk about opportunity, responsibility and honesty – the key themes of this great campaign for a new Labor Government...

Welcome to my home state of Queensland. Welcome to my home town of Brisbane. And welcome to my local community here on Brisbane’s south side. It is great to be among people who are passionate about our country’s future. On November 24, Australians will face a stark choice: a choice between the future and the past. Today the case I put before the Australian people is that if we are to secure the future for our families, for our communities and for our nation - the government of Australia must now...

Friends thank you very much and friends thank you to Bob Hawke – thank you for that generous introduction. And thank you Bob for proving to us that you can make big change with strong leadership and by striving for consensus. It’s a great lesson, thank you Bob Hawke. And can I acknowledge too Kevin Rudd who is with us today a man of great achievement. A man of great achievements – with great achievements to lie in the future for our nation, thank you Kevin. And friends can I also acknowledge...

Thank you, thank you very much. Thank you all. Thank you so much. Thank you Craig, thanks mate, thank you for your very warm welcome to Reid. Thank you Barnaby. Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce you are a great Coalition colleague and around the Cabinet table a powerful advocate as we have heard today for regional Australia and your electorate of New England. Deputy Leader Foreign Minister, friend of so many years, Julie Bishop – thank you for your extraordinary tireless dedication to our...

Women and Men of Australia, We gather as one united party: ready to serve, ready to lead, ready for government. Labor is ambitious for the great success that our country can achieve, determined to share that success with all who help to achieve it. Confident that a great future is within Australia’s reach – and certain that Labor has the plans to grasp it. Knowing that this election can be won – and working every day to win it. Mr Turnbull says he’s got this in the bag, he claims he’s already...

How good is it to be in Queensland? Thank you all very, very much. How good? How good indeed. Australians all one and free. I acknowledge the Turbal and Yuggera peoples, the traditional custodians of the land on which we gather today, and I pay my respects to their Elders, past, present, and emerging. I honour all who have served or are serving in our Australian Defence Forces and I just thank them. I thank them for their courage, for their service, and their love of our country. I also honour...

Thank you, Mark, for that kind introduction, and for all you’ve done to keep WA safe and strong. I look forward to working with you – and all our state premiers. Like Peter Malinauskas – who is here today and is already doing a magnificent job as Premier of South Australia. But I want to work with all premiers, regardless of which party they are from. I want to bring all the states together and get things done for the whole country. My fellow Australians, In just 20 days’ time you can vote for a...

Thank you, Roger. You are a great Labor Premier and a true friend. You always stand up for Western Australia – and our Labor Government stands with you. I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging. My fellow Australians, Three years ago in this great state, my colleagues and I launched our election campaign. We asked the people of Australia to honour us with the responsibility of serving as their...

Liberal and National Party friends and colleagues – thank you for that incredible welcome. Thank you for the hard work you’re doing across the country to win hearts and minds. Thank you for being here today for our campaign launch in Western Sydney – one of many important battlegrounds in this election. To Melissa McIntosh – should the Coalition win government, you will be an outstanding first ever federal Minister for Western Sydney. To David Littleproud – thanks to your friendship and...