The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia's history by righting the wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future. We apologise for the laws and policies of… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
We apologise for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians. We apologise especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
Politics is about power. It is about the power of the state. It is about the power of the state as applied to individuals,… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share
Compassion is not a dirty word.. it's time we rehabilitated compassion into the national political vocabulary of this great nation of ours. — Kevin Rudd Copy Share
What we have seen in financial markets should bring home to us all that the central organising principle of this 21st century is interdependence.… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share
I just don't really get into all that sort of personal negative stuff. My job is to outline some positive plans for the country's… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share
I do not know whether I will be in this place for a short or a long time. That is for others to decide.… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share
The alternatives [to the stimulus packages] were to do nothing or, worse, effectively replicate the Premiers' Plan of 1931 when governments cut expenditure, thereby… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share
As nations we should also commit afresh to righting past wrongs. In Australia we began this recently with the first Australians - the oldest… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share
John Howard's credibility on the entire Iraq war has been torpedoed by John Howard's own intelligence agency. — Kevin Rudd Copy Share
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… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share
2009 was a tough year, but Australia rose to the challenge of the global financial crisis. It shows what can be done when we… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share
But Australia faces additional regional and global challenges also crucial to our nation's future - climate change, questions of energy and food security, the… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share
There is a reason why the cultures of Indigenous Australia inspire such fascination. And that is that they represent a unique way of thinking… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share
Having a go at kids with a terminal illness is really beyond the pale, absolutely beyond the pale. — Kevin Rudd Copy Share
I was elected by the Australian people to bring back a fair go for all Australians. I have given my absolute best to do… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share
