Bill Shorten

Our world is moving forward on climate change. If Australia goes backwards, we will be going alone. ”

There is no doubt our earth is warming and our seas rising - or that humankind is the cause. There is no evidence to refute this - or any genuine scientific counterargument in the climate change debate. ”

Safe Schools has been labelled a lot of things: Marxism, cultural relativism, 'grooming,' and part of something called the 'rainbow ideology.' But Safe Schools is not about imposing an ideology or an 'ism.' It's about teaching our kids to treat everyone equally, to understand rather than judge. ”

We have to become a learning society, committed to quality education from early childhood right through to re-training in later life. ”

We cannot let it be said of modern Australia that the colour of your skin determines whether or not you end up in jail. ”

Labor must work harder to attract and retain members. The party should be cheaper to join with discounted rates available for union members as well as for students, pensioners, and people out of work. ”

We should never seek to compete with economies in our region by cutting pay and conditions - that's a race to the bottom we can't win. ”

Workplace relations is about getting the best out of people. An argument which says that the only way we can compete with other nations in the world is engaging in a race to the bottom in terms of pay rates, penalty rates, protections on rosters, getting rid of family friendly provisions - that is not Australia's future. ”

If we are strategic, if we are smart, Australia can power our future prosperity with solar, wind, geothermal, and tidal energy. ”