Of Course I Base All My Election

Australia Is A Nation Of Compassion. Courage And Compassion. And The Third Of These Great Values: Resilience.

People Are Happiest When They Are Giving, They Are Saddest When They Are Just Taking. And That Is The Core Message Of Community.

The Alternatives [to The Stimulus Packages] Were To Do Nothing Or, Worse, Effectively Replicate The Premiers' Plan Of 1931 When Governments Cut Expenditure, Thereby Compounding The Problems Created By A Private Sector Already In Retreat. The Result, Of Course, Was An Economic Rout, Appalling Unemployment And A Decade Of Negligible Growth Through The 1930s

We Have Seen This Complete Right Wing Takeover Of Modern Liberalism, And It Is An Ugly Spectacle To Behold.

No Diplomatic Intervention Will Ever Be Made By Any Government That I Lead In Support Of Any Individual Terrorist's Life. We Have Only Indicated In The Past, And Will Maintain A Policy In The Future, Of Intervening Diplomatically In Support Of Australian Nationals Who Face Capital Sentences Abroad.