Julia Gillard Quotes
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I'm angry and I understand why Australians paying mortgages are angry.
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One of my prized possessions is still the prefect's tie that I got in this school. I keep it with me. It was the first leadership position I ever had.
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In the quest for comparative advantage, investment will flow towards those countries that can offer more output for fewer emissions. Inaction will cost jobs. Action will support jobs.
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Afghanistan must never again be a safe haven for terrorism.
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Any sort of political correctness needs to be swept out of the way
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We are constantly being told that we've never been wealthier. And many of us are. On average we all are. But that's just the problem.. no one is average.
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As our economy faces up to potential labour shortages due to our ageing population and as it moves to a new level of sophistication to compete with the rest of the world, we're going to need every Australian on board pulling their weight, rejoining the workforce, gaining new skills. Writing off individuals and communities suffering from poverty just creates a dead weight for our economy to drag along.
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We encourage China to engage as a good global citizen and we are clear-eyed about where differences do lie.
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In my view, the ideal prime minister is patient, hard-working, compassionate and has a clear vision, driven by the fair go.
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Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals.
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Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity... and these in turn rely on the education of our people.
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All my life I've believed that men and women have equal capacities and talents...consequently there should be equality in life's chances.
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The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability.
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Including everyone in the economic, wealth-creating life of the nation is today the best way for Labor (Australian Labor Party) to meet its twin goals of raising national prosperity and creating a fair and decent society.
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I know people are looking at whats happening in Washington and then they also look at events in Europe, in Greece and Portugal and other places and worry about that.
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He will always know as we know now that in the heat of battle he did not fail when mateship and duty called.
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The Prime Minister seems now to be basing his re-election campaign on this plot line. He is saying to the Australian people, look out, the baddies behind you - hiss, boo and whatever you do, don't vote Labor. This political parody of pantomime is looking and sounding desperate.
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Through hard work and education, we can deliver a strong economy and opportunity for all.
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We see community organizations as major service providers and economic drivers rather than as recipients or distributors of charity, and coordinators of volunteers. Today they constitute what's referred to as 'the social economy'.
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At the end of the day government is about teamwork and partnership and we will be proving that by working together.
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So in many ways for me, having lived through what I've lived through, and endured what I've endured, I've got more confidence that I can do the next bit - and there's something sustaining about that.
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If we change the way the electricity sector operates, we can bring down our levels of carbon pollution, and continue the crucial task of tackling climate change. Putting a price on carbon would do this.
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Australians can trust me to get the job done. They can have the confidence that in the heart of the circumstances I will win through in their interests no matter how relentlessly negative the leader of the opposition is.
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If you complain, you’re ‘playing the victim’; if you don’t complain, you are a victim.
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The death of Malcolm Fraser underwrites a great loss to Australia... I always thought Malcolm would be around a lot longer. I must say, I wished he had been.
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The first film I remember seeing was Bambi. It has stayed with me because it was so sad.
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The caricature of my own face always makes me laugh.
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There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead.
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My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game.
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Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.
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