In The End It's The Big Picture

The Labor Party Is A Party Of Conviction. The Liberal Party Is A Party Of Convenience.

If This Government Cannot Get The Adjustment, Get Manufacturing Going Again, And Keep Moderate Wage Outcomes And A Sensible Economic Policy, Then Australia Is Basically Done For. We Will End Up Being A Third Rate Economy... A Banana Republic.

You Know, In The Wikileaks Cables, The Chinese Discovered That Kevin Rudd Was Urging The Americans To Keep The Military Option Open Against Them. This Is Hardly A Friendly Gesture.

The Lesson Of The Federation Should Be That The Lesson Is Over. Australia Must Have A New Idea Of Itself. We Have To Strike Out In A New Direction, In A New Way, Armed With Our Own Self-regard, Our Own Confidence And Fully Appreciating Our Own Uniqueness. All Other Roads Will Lead Us Into The Shadow Of Great Powers.

You See, Psychologically, Australia Must Understand It Has To Live In The Region Around It. Australia Must Find Its Security In Asia; It Cannot Find Its Security From Asia.