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My fellow Australians, When from this place in February 1983 I first asked for your support, I sought from you an act of great trust. Our nation was then in deep crisis – the worst economic crisis for more than fifty years, and a searing crisis of the national spirit, after a decade of confrontation and division. Unprecedented circumstances demanded unprecedented responses. Therefore, on behalf of the Australian Labor Party, I asked for your support, your co-operation – and your active...

Fellow Australians, Never in peace-time has Australia’s future depended so much on a single decision – your decision on the 11th of July. Never have you, the Australian people, been called upon to – make a more fundamental decision for yourselves, your families – your children – about the way you want your country to go – about what kind of a country you want Australia to be. It is a decision about what kind of a people we are. It is a decision about what kind of a nation we are going to be. Are...

Peter Costello, Chris McDiven, my parliamentary colleagues and my fellow Australians. This campaign, more than any other that I have been involved in, is very much about the future of the Australia we know and the Australia we love so much. The one single, irrefutable question that must be asked and answered by the Australian people on the 10th of November is who is better able to lead Australia over the next three years into difficult, challenging but times and circumstances which ought not to...

Deputy Prime Minister, my fellow Australians. Eight and a half years ago it became my immense privilege and honour to become the Prime Minister of this wonderful country of ours. And over the eight and a half years, I have shared the hopes and aspirations and the dreams and the achievements of my fellow Australians. I have tried to feel the pain and the grief of those of my fellow Australians left saddened through the loss of loved ones in tragedies such as the murder of 35 people at Port Arthur...

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...

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...

Aren’t they fantastic? How good is Mum? How good is Jenny? Well thank you friends, thank you colleagues. They are the women in my life; I couldn’t love them more if I tried and they couldn’t love me more if they tried. Happy Mother’s Day Mum. Happy Mother’s Day Jen and to all the mothers, happy Mother’s Day, wherever you are today. Today is a day when our hearts are especially focused on family and of course, our mums. For some, it’s a very sweet memory. For some today it’s a painful void for...

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...

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...