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I am so proud of my girls…I am proud of my family that has given me so much…I am so proud of my team, and I am so proud of our country. Again, I want to speak directly to you, the Australian people. This election is about making a great country even better; and that starts with changing the worst government in our history. I will spend the next two weeks reassuring people that there is a better way, while Mr Rudd will spend the next two weeks trying to scare you about what might happen if he...

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...

My fellow Australians. At this election you have the power to change our country for the better. You have the opportunity to take Australia into a new decade; with new vision, with new purpose and with a new Labor Government. I make this promise to my fellow Australians that if you vote Labor, we will put the fair go into action: A pay-rise for wage earners Help with the cost of living for families, including cheaper childcare At long last, dental care for pensioners, covered by our Medicare If...

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...

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...