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I suggest Australians rush to their kitchens and check that their spoons aren't bent after that performance.
Hindsight can give you insights about what went wrong. But only faith, reason and bravery can propel you forward.
What I believe, what the Labor Party believes, is that marriage is between a man and a woman.
This isn't about women getting unfair advantages, it's about creating a world where nobody is hemmed in by gender stereotypes, and that's better for men and for women.
There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead.
'Because it's there' could never be enough of an explanation for entering politics. ...
My Story (2014)
I was very conscience that if you put even your toe on this very sticky piece of paper, then you would be caught on it.
The Killing Season (2015)
Here he [Abbott] is, trying to fudge one way and fudge the other; This morning he went out and accused me of a crime. Back it up or shut up.
You've got to gather yourself, you've got to give the speech, go see the Governor-General, do all of that. And then you get to have a few drinks with friends, so that's not that hard.
The Killing Season (2015)
It's a cute project to work on.
I don’t see what alternate reality was possible other than the one’s we lived through. So I think people are really wistfully hoping for something that was never going to be.
The Killing Season (2015)
"There was no cataclysmic moment of revelation, but as I moved into my 20's, doubts grew and then overwhelmed." ...
My Story (2014)
The sense of regret that we didn't need to be here. The sense of friendship lost, something very special lost, the team ability of the two of us. That was sitting very heavily on me.
The Killing Season (2015)
I don't think it would have been possible ... You always have choices, yes, but I don't think there was any way of stuffing the genie back into the bottle.
The Killing Season (2015)
I know the Leader of the Opposition [Tony Abbott] has an unhealthy kind of obsession with the so-called "faceless men in the Labor Party"; what he really should be obsessed about is the useless men sitting behind him.
I really don’t know why this wasn’t a career ending moment for Tony Abbott. Sexism is no better than racism.
The Killing Season (2015)
It's a big emotional thing to do, to challenge the leadership of your political party. There is nothing pleasant about it, there's nothing fun about it. It's quite a horrible gut-wrenching process.
The Killing Season (2015)
Kevin was very fragile in the face of criticism including the implied criticism that comes with bad polls or bad news stories.
The Killing Season (2015)