3 December 2020 Kevin Rudd Australia is a nation of compassion. Courage and compassion. And the third of these great values: resilience.
3 December 2020 Kevin Rudd To be a member of the Labor Party is to be an optimist – optimistic about the future of Australia, optimistic about the ability of government to make a difference.
3 December 2020 Kevin Rudd The Australian Government’s decision to take on the dominant funding role for the entire public hospital system is designed to: end the blame game eliminate waste and to shoulder the funding burden of the rapidly rising health costs of the future.
3 December 2020 Kevin Rudd Something my mum taught me years and years and years ago, is life’s just too short to carry around a great bucket-load of anger and resentment and bitterness and hatreds and all that sort of stuff.
3 December 2020 Kevin Rudd On Australia Day 2010, as we enter this second decade of the 21st century, Australians can be optimistic about our future, but we cannot afford to mistake optimism for complacency.
3 December 2020 Kevin Rudd There is a deep affection in Australia for the Queen. And I mean the Queen’s been the Queen ever since I was born. I mean she is part of the firmament of Australia’s sort of national life there’s a deep respect for her role.
3 December 2020 Kevin Rudd There comes a time in the history of nations when their peoples must become fully reconciled to their past if they are to go forward with confidence to embrace their future.
3 December 2020 Kevin Rudd Building a new Health and Hospitals Network is fundamental to building a stronger and fairer Australia.
3 December 2020 Kevin Rudd Well Australia’s been in Afghanistan from the get go, way back in 2001, but we have been resolute throughout and with support from both sides of Australian politics.
