I believed in the goodness of the Australian people; I believed they did not want to be attacking each other, and from those thoughts, I got the idea of Reconciliation in the campaign slogan and of turning this into something practical by calling a summit to bring representatives of all sections of society together, from the wealthiest to the poor.

If elected, Bill Shorten and his team would hit the ground running, implementing Labor's plans and setting the nation up for a stronger economic future.

We are building together a nation in which there are no second-class Australians.

Poor quality of representatives... is not a purely Australian phenomenon - it's a worldwide phenomenon.

A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.

Pakistan's future viability, stability and security lie in empowering its people and building political institutions. My goal is to prove that the fundamental battle for the hearts and minds of a generation can be accomplished only under democracy.

I have never forgotten my days as an Eagle Scout. I didn't know it at the time, but what really came out of my Scouting was learning how to lead and serve the community. It has come in handy in my career in government.

The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy.