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

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.

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.

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.

What is the matter with these people, these people who won't stop fighting, won't stop hurting each other...?

When men do the dishes, it's called helping. When women do the dishes, it is called life.

The American way of life is not sustainable. It doesn’t acknowledge that there is a world beyond America.

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.

Fairy dust is very useful. I use it to turn oatmeal into cake.

We simply can't trust God's power fully until we experience it in the midst of our crisis.

The first and great commandment is: Don't let them scare you.

I would never see a good movie for the first time on television.

I don't listen to recordings very much now, to be perfectly honest. I listened to them a lot when I was younger.

If the final decision for the salvation of fallen sinners were left in the hands of fallen sinners, we would despair all hope that anyone would be saved.