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

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

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.

I needed to be myself and find my own identity.

Rather than being a luxury, emotions are a very intelligent way of driving an organism toward certain outcomes.

Labor must work harder to attract and retain members. The party should be cheaper to join with discounted rates available for union members as well as for students, pensioners, and people out of work.