I'm proud of my record of negotiating agreements, representing people and making sure that both employers and employees could get the best out of going to work every day.

I've spent my whole working life standing up for workers. Didn't matter if it was the two trapped miners at Beaconsfield or professional netballers or indeed factory workers or construction workers.

Once upon a time, I thought denial was a river in Egypt. It's actually the attitude of the Abbott government.

I want to build a Big Labor party. A party of big ideas. A party which is deeply connected to the community. A party which reflects our diverse nation.

I'm a Christian and a supporter of marriage equality under the law.

What I believe to be every Australian's right - a good, safe job with proper pay and conditions.

My preference is that employees pay their union dues, but what I also get is that I'd rather someone be in the union than not in the union.

Labor is at its best when we are the party of ideas and action - ideas that empower the powerless and actions that build a better Australia for the long term.

Productivity is driven at the enterprise level. Better wages, better performing workplaces, are driven at the workplace level.

When I entered federal parliament at the end of 2007, I was appointed parliamentary secretary for disabilities.

Trusting people to pursue their own futures invariably provides better outcomes. Money goes where it is needed, rather than being absorbed by administration costs.

May you walk on the path of light.

It is a man's proper business to seek happiness and avoid misery.

For God's sake let us freely hear both sides!

Just as all thought, and primarily that of non-signification, signifies something, so there is no art that has no signification.

Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

The system of private property is the most important guaranty of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for those who do not.

When we export energy, we export American influence overseas. As I travel around the world, I know that there are people that want to buy energy from America.

Fasting and prayer are common injunctions in my religion.

It isn't that hard to get RBI's when you're hitting home runs, you generally get a least one.

There's less pressure to look good as you get older.