All my life I've believed that men and women have equal capacities and talents...consequently there should be equality in life's chances.
My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game.
Try harder every day to be better than the day before.
Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity... and these in turn rely on the education of our people.
If you complain, you’re ‘playing the victim’; if you don’t complain, you are a victim.
In politics there's never a magic wand.
I know reform is never easy. But I know reform is right.
Through hard work and education, we can deliver a strong economy and opportunity for all.
There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead.
In my view, the ideal prime minister is patient, hard-working, compassionate and has a clear vision, driven by the fair go.
There are some things that can't be measured.
At the end of the day government is about teamwork and partnership and we will be proving that by working together.
The caricature of my own face always makes me laugh.
Climate change is real and it is caused to a significant extent by human activity.
We are constantly being told that we've never been wealthier. And many of us are. On average we all are. But that's just the problem.. no one is average.
If we change the way the electricity sector operates, we can bring down our levels of carbon pollution, and continue the crucial task of tackling climate change. Putting a price on carbon would do this.
Australians can trust me to get the job done. They can have the confidence that in the heart of the circumstances I will win through in their interests no matter how relentlessly negative the leader of the opposition is.
Any sort of political correctness needs to be swept out of the way
He will always know as we know now that in the heat of battle he did not fail when mateship and duty called.
One of my prized possessions is still the prefect's tie that I got in this school. I keep it with me. It was the first leadership position I ever had.
In the quest for comparative advantage, investment will flow towards those countries that can offer more output for fewer emissions. Inaction will cost jobs. Action will support jobs.
I'm on the record as saying things like I think it's important for people to understand their Bible stories, not because I'm an advocate of religion - clearly, I'm not - but once again, what comes from the Bible has formed such an important part of our culture.
So in many ways for me, having lived through what I've lived through, and endured what I've endured, I've got more confidence that I can do the next bit - and there's something sustaining about that.
In Australia, average temperatures have risen almost one degree since 1910, and each decade since the 1940s has been warmer than the one before. That warming is real. Its consequences are real. And it will change our lives in real and practical ways.
There's not a sense that the person who is waiting on the table is somehow a lesser person that the person who is eating in the restaurant.
