Julia Gillard Quotations

There is a reason the world always looks to America.

I did hear the rumour and it was completely untrue,

Labor supports the Productivity Commission's recommendation with regard to the delegation of tasks and ensuring that the MBS (Medicare Benefits Schedule) provides adequate incentives for this to happen.

Labor has failed to do enough to present a courageous and coherent set of policies. We've got to outline our own vision for Australia, which I believe should include an independent foreign policy, bold social policy and economic policy that delivers prosperity for all.

I want you to know what I have told Australia's Parliament in Canberra - what I told General Petraeus in Kabul - what I told President Obama in the Oval Office this week. Australia will stand firm with our ally the United States.

It is an act of hypocrisy from everybody who votes for it, we know this is about containing debate to try and keep dissenters in the cart in the desperate hope that none of them split on the floor today and if any of them in cocky's corner have got the courage of their convictions, they won't be voting for this, and they won't be voting for this legislation this afternoon.

Surely common sense would tell you you're more likely to get illegal purchasing if RU486 is not available through legitimate means.

Look, I don't think it's done me the world of good to receive Mark Latham's endorsement in these circumstances,

Mark was trusted by Labor as a thinker, as a formidable parliamentarian, as a moving advocate of Labor's great ideals. But almost more than this, Labor put its faith in Mark Latham because the caucus wanted to register its protest about the corrosion of its internal culture. In electing Mark, Labor caucus said to the world and to itself that it wanted to change for the better. And I believe it has.

We of course remember the days when the leader of the house was the bovver boy, stand over man of Australian politics, now he's just pathetic and this is just a pathetic resolution moved to try and guillotine this debate through this House from a minister who only yesterday ... was complaining about debate being guillotined.

There is some merit in some of the things Barry says,

America has always understood this principle of the economy - that everyone can benefit when everyone competes.

It seems the minister for health is happy to talk about the role of nurses when it suits him but has failed to take the profession of nursing seriously.

It seems that the Howard Government is getting ready to roll over on some important PBS protections that will leave Australians worse off and make their essential medicines even more costly.

It saddens me greatly to see Mark's loss of faith in the power of politics to make change for the better. It saddens me even more to see Mark's loss of faith in the Labor Party,

It will amount to an effective ban because no manufacturer or importer will take a step down that path.

I know people are looking at what's happening in Washington and then they also look at events in Europe, in Greece and Portugal and other places and worry about that.

I note that Tony Abbott was dreadfully critical of GPs during the RU-486 debate, and I am concerned that anti-GP attitude has continued in this package.

Any sort of political correctness needs to be swept out of the way

At the end of the day government is about teamwork and partnership and we will be proving that by working together.

The great thing about music is that whatever you're into, you see new possibilities.

The caricature of my own face always makes me laugh.

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.

The first film I remember seeing was Bambi. It has stayed with me because it was so sad.

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.

The death of Malcolm Fraser underwrites a great loss to Australia... I always thought Malcolm would be around a lot longer. I must say, I wished he had been.

I'm angry and I understand why Australians paying mortgages are angry.

I know people are looking at whats happening in Washington and then they also look at events in Europe, in Greece and Portugal and other places and worry about that.

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.

Afghanistan must never again be a safe haven for terrorism.

Our nation is well equipped to make the transition. We have an abundance of natural resources like wind, natural gas, solar and geothermal.

We see community organizations as major service providers and economic drivers rather than as recipients or distributors of charity, and coordinators of volunteers. Today they constitute what's referred to as 'the social economy'.

...climate change is real and it is caused to a significant extent by human activity.

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.

The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability.

He will always know as we know now that in the heat of battle he did not fail when mateship and duty called.

Over the Christmas period, I spent time with both Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, and you listen to stories and tales of how hard it can be when it's really hard, and I think we easily all talk ourselves into the proposition that it's never been as hard as this. Well it's been hard in the past. It's been really hard. So you keep doing it and, the more you do it, the more you gain strength and confidence that you can do it.

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.

The Prime Minister seems now to be basing his re-election campaign on this plot line. He is saying to the Australian people, look out, the baddies behind you - hiss, boo and whatever you do, don't vote Labor. This political parody of pantomime is looking and sounding desperate.

As our economy faces up to potential labour shortages due to our ageing population and as it moves to a new level of sophistication to compete with the rest of the world, we're going to need every Australian on board pulling their weight, rejoining the workforce, gaining new skills. Writing off individuals and communities suffering from poverty just creates a dead weight for our economy to drag along.

Including everyone in the economic, wealth-creating life of the nation is today the best way for Labor (Australian Labor Party) to meet its twin goals of raising national prosperity and creating a fair and decent society.

Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals.

We encourage China to engage as a good global citizen and we are clear-eyed about where differences do lie.

If you complain, you’re ‘playing the victim’; if you don’t complain, you are a victim.

All my life I've believed that men and women have equal capacities and talents...consequently there should be equality in life's chances.

There are some things that can't be measured.

Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.

Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity... and these in turn rely on the education of our people.

I don't rule out the possibility of legislating a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, a market-based mechanism,

In politics there's never a magic wand.

The cartoon absolutely captures something that acres and acres of copy can't. And even photographs can't.

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.

Try harder every day to be better than the day before.

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 my view, the ideal prime minister is patient, hard-working, compassionate and has a clear vision, driven by the fair go.

There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead.

I know reform is never easy. But I know reform is right.

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.

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.

Through hard work and education, we can deliver a strong economy and opportunity for all.

My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game.

These increases, in dollar terms, wipe out the contribution of the government's rebate, even at the higher levels now provided for older Australians.

These increases, in dollar terms, wipe out the contribution of the Government's (30 per cent) rebate.