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

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.

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.

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.

Mother Maybelle, have mercy, we've just been discovered.

The genius of a great magician is as impressive as the genius of a great scientist.

This, then, is what counts: a lightning reaction which has no further need of conscious observation. In this respect at least the pupil makes himself independent of all conscious purpose.

Because I know the things I should be able to accomplish, and I don't want to do so.

We will put no impediment in your way and we will be at dockside bidding you a farewell as you set off into the sunset.

Just as the birds of the air are fed, we'll continue to be fed.

Man is incurably curious.

The less explaining you do the less people speculate.

Reality is permeated, indeed flooded, with divine creativity, nourishment, and care.

Death is the dark backing a mirror needs if we are to see anything