It Is A High Honour To Be

A Future Where All Australians, Whatever Their Origins, Are Truly Equal Partners, With Equal Opportunities And With An Equal Stake In Shaping The Next Chapter In The History Of This Great Country, Australia.

I Was Elected By The People Of Australia As Prime Minister Of Australia. I Was Elected To Do A Job, I Intend To Continue Doing That Job. I Intend To Continue Doing It To The Absolute Best Of My Ability. Part Of That Job Has Been To Steer This Country Through The Worst Economic Crisis The World Has Seen In 75 Years.

The Time Has Now Come For The Nation To Turn A New Page In Australia's History By Righting The Wrongs Of The Past And So Moving Forward With Confidence To The Future. We Apologise For The Laws And Policies Of Successive Parliaments And Governments That Have Inflicted Profound Grief, Suffering And Loss On These Our Fellow Australians.

Mr Howard's Problem Is For So Long He's Been A Climate Change Sceptic, How Can He, Therefore, Put Himself To The Country As Part Of A Climate Change Solution For The Future.

By Way Of Personal Instinct, I Have An Inherent Distaste For Grandiose Rhetorical Statements, Which Don't Have Any Substantive Dimension To Them