Kevin Rudd

"John Howard's credibility on the entire Iraq war has been torpedoed by John Howard's own intelligence agency."

"The major challenges of climate change, the major challenge of the economy and manufacturing, the major challenges in education, and how do we turbo-charge our national education system to create the …"

"When you analyse it carefully, it is about a family’s ability to stay together and have time together. We all know, with our fractured lives in this place, how difficult it becomes when we as human be…"

"This goes to demonstrate the fact that John Howard established this inquiry in order to bring about his own absolution, not to bring about any form of accountability."

"That means temporary borrowings. People have to understand that because there's going to be the usual political shit storm, sorry, political storm."

"When it comes to labour market reform, here's the difference between us and John Howard: John Howard regards labour as just like any other economic commodity. We actually see labour as made up of huma…"

"... 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 futu…"

"Labor’s message then is this: we believe in a strong economy; we believe also in a fair go for all, not just for some."