104 Quotes by Julia Gillard

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.