I Am Deeply Committed To The Cause

Of Course I Base All My Election Promises And Policies On Opinion Polls

Ladies And Gentlemen, It Is With Great Sadness That I Announce That I Will Resign As Australia's Minister For Foreign Affairs. I Am Sad Because I Love This Job. I'm Totally Dedicated To The Work That We Are Doing In Australia's Name Around The World, And I Believe That We Have Achieved Many Good Results For Australia, And I'm Proud Of Them.

Something My Mum Taught Me Years And Years And Years Ago, Is Life's Just Too Short To Carry Around A Great Bucket-load Of Anger And Resentment And Bitterness And Hatreds And All That Sort Of Stuff.

As Nations We Should Also Commit Afresh To Righting Past Wrongs. In Australia We Began This Recently With The First Australians - The Oldest Continuing Culture In Human History. On Behalf Of The Australian Parliament, This Year I Offered An Apology To Indigenous Australians For The Wrongs They Had Suffered In The Past.

It Is Tragic That We Have Lost One Of Our Nation's Finest Actors In The Prime Of His Life. Heath Ledger's Diverse And Challenging Roles Will Be Remembered As Some Of The Great Performances By An Australian Actor.