Bob Hawke

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. ”

I think it is just stupid economics for a government to approach economic management from a strand of thinking regarding unions as enemies. ”

One fundamental issue which Trump did take advantage of was the increasing disparities of income in the United States. So many people saw the rich getting richer and it not being spread around. It's affecting European politics, too, now. ”

I had ministers who were just outstandingly good. ”

The level of journalism in this country is just so pathetically poor, and I've, in a sense, gone over the top of them, which they don't like. ”

When I was Prime Minister, it's right - we had a close relationship - but that did not prevent me, when I believed the United States position was wrong, arguing against them. ”

I have a deep love for the Chinese people. ”