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\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963 \~ I\rquote m joined here in the studio by Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, Ms Gillard, good morning to you
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Good morning.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963 \~ I wonder if I could just tackle a cou
ple of things that callers have been talking about in the last few moments and I know you are going to announce the National Broadband policy today. But there are people who say, we\rquote re always told simply come on line you can hear the ABC\rquote 
s Country Hour \endash  that was from a fellow down near Albany \endash  there\rquote 
s not a lot of confidence in the system as it exists at the moment and people want to be reassured that this National Broadband Network, costing as it is tens of billions of dollars is really going to reach those places.\~
 Can you guarantee that this is going that that is going to happen? 
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  I can say, I\rquote m here in {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname place}}{\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname City}}Perth{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose} today to announce that I will build the National 
\line Broadband Network, the objective is a 93 per cent coverage. That\rquote s up from the originally planned 90 and that will bring into play places like {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}{\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}Albany
{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose} itself. We will release the maps today, people will be able to see those maps. And election campaign? Big choice coming on the 21}{\f1\super\insrsid11224963 st}{\f1\insrsid11224963  of August \endash  couldn\rquote 
t be clearer. I will build a National Broadband Network \endash  Tony Abbott will not.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  He says he will use that money to retire debt. I\rquote 
m Curious though, exactly what that figure is now because when it was originally spoke it was a $43 billion spend and then now we see sort of quotes for $29 billion spend. What\rquote s $14 billion between friends? What is the actual figure?
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  It\rquote s a $43 billion project \endash  yes that\rquote s right. And it is going to pay for itself time after time after time. Let\rquote 
s be clear about this, I will build the National Broadband Network, this is vital infrastructure if we are going to have the jobs of tomorrow. If we don\rquote t have this infrastructure we will literally be exporting jobs to {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1
{\factoidname stockticker}}{\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}Korea{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose}, to {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}{\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}Singapore{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose}
, to places that do have this infrastructure. We need to build it. This is the better econ
omic plan. When the global financial crisis threatened, we had the better economic plan. Mr Abbott would have had tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of Australians on dole queues. For the future, we\rquote 
ve got the better economic plan and the National Broadband Network is vital to that.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963 
 We had a call just a moment ago about a fellow talking about the married pension and saying that there has been no real increase in that area. Let me put Howard on line first because he wants to talk about pensions with you. Good morning Howard.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 HOWARD:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Yeah good morning Geoff, good morning Prime Minister.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Good morning.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 HOWARD:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Yeah the pensioners here in {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}{\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}Western Australia{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose}
 are really doing it tough at the moment because the increase in our utilities, electricity and power and water and everything else. They\rquote 
ve found themselves in this situation because of the Federal Government and its meanness towards the pensioners. Now down here in Busselton we\rquote ve had to provide free firewood to the pensioners to warm up their h
omes of a night time simply because they don\rquote t have the money to spend on firewood. Now what\rquote s the Federal Government doing about this. I might point out that in {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}{\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname 
stockticker}}Perth{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose} we had three pensioners die because of the cold. What is the Federal Government going to do about it?
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Thanks Howard.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Thanks Howard for the question and what this Federal Government has done is we delivered a historically high rise in the pension. For single pensioners we\rquote 
re talking about $65 a fortnight. Now I know that there are st
ill many, many pensioners who are doing it tough and I know utilities prices make it difficult. That of course is directly in the domain of the Premier here and a matter for the State Government. But for the Federal Government, what we did was we provided
 an increase in the pension \endash  historically high.\~ What I\rquote 
m worried about for the future, and I understand for pensioners who are doing it tough, for families doing it tough, that this is a critical question: is what are the prices you are going to pay when you go down to the local shops?\~
 My plan is to cut company tax on businesses like Coles and Woolworths.\~ Mr Abbott\rquote s plan is to put company tax up, and that would feed through to the prices you pay.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Are you worried that there are more and more Howard
s out there, on the strength of the press conference you had to give earlier this week in which you said that you\rquote d made, you turned a negative into a positive by saying: yes, I was not sure about increases in pensions because I wasn\rquote 
t sure about cost.\~ Do you have to get past a perception that might still linger there that says Julia Gillard opposed a pension increase?
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  People will make their own judgments but what I did, and what I stand by, is any proposal that\rquote s brought before the Government needs to be tested to see whether it\rquote 
s affordable.\~ Now, there are plenty of good ideas out there and plenty of things that government would like to do; that community members would like to see us do.\~ All of them have to be tested against the central test: are they affordable?\~ That
\rquote s what I did with the pension increase, we\rquote re talking about literally billions of dollars of expenditure in an ageing society.\~ I wanted to test: is it affordable now, is it affordable for the future?\~ I determined it was affordable an
d we delivered the historically high pension rise.\~ I will take that with me.\~ If people want a soft touch, someone who you just say \lquote can I have this\rquote , and I say \lquote yes you can\rquote  \endash  doesn\rquote 
t matter what the cost is, I am not that person.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Ok.\~ I want to ta
lk about that press conference in a few moments but you have been so manicured and moderated and made over in the last few weeks, I think people want to know what you and your Government look like without its makeup on.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Well, I\rquote m the same Julia Gillard I\rquote ve always been.\~ I don\rquote t know about manicured and made over.\~
 In fact, this morning, I have to say as I got dressed, I was thinking to myself, is this the same suit I wore in here when we had the egg incident downstairs?\~ So you know, I am who I am.\~ People can judge me for who I am.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Yeah, but you know what I mean.\~ People have seen a slick government machine campaigning.\~ They\rquote 
ve seen you as an accomplished performer but they do want to know whether this campaign is more than just a cover-up to get you past the post.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Oh look, I\rquote m not here to cover anything up.\~ I\rquote m here to lay everything there and make it as clear as possible for people.\~ 21}{\f1\super\insrsid11224963 st}{
\f1\insrsid11224963  of August is about a choice.\~ It\rquote s about a choice of having a strong economy.\~ I\rquote ve got the better plans to deliver it.\~ Mr Abbott is a risk to it.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Is it hard to campaign on your record, given that the achievements of the Government probably belong to Kevin Rudd, and he
\rquote s a corpse?
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Well, for the Government\rquote s record, I\rquote ve obviously said I take my fair share of responsibility for the things that went right and the things that went wrong.\~
 For the things that went right, when we were threatened by the global financial crisis, we made the right decisions to keep our economy strong and to keep people in work.\~ That means we made the right economic choices.\~ If we\rquote 
d made the economic choices Mr Abbott wanted to have us make, we\rquote d be in recession now with hundreds of thousands of people out of work.\~ People are then going to look to the future and say, what will I do as Prime Minister if re-elected on the 21
}{\f1\super\insrsid11224963 st}{\f1\insrsid11224963  of August?\~ I\rquote ll keep our economy strong, I\rquote ll build the infrastructure we need for the future \endash  the National Broadband Network.\~ I\rquote 
ll keep investing in schools, computers, Trade Training Centres, better teachers.\~ I\rquote ll keep delivering better healthcare, more doctors, more nurses.\~ Mr Abbott?\~ No broadband, risk to the economy, wouldn\rquote 
t build Trade Training Centres or computers.\~ He\rquote s going to end all of that and he wants to end our GP Super Clinics and access to a doctor after hours.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Ok there are a couple of things that need to be looked at, and to pursue this idea that you haven\rquote 
t papered over some cracks that existed. You announced a breakthrough in the mining tax, but days later that resentment from others that aren\rquote t {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}BHP{\*\xmlclose} and who aren\rquote t {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1
{\factoidname stockticker}}Rio{\*\xmlclose} and Xstrata began to emerge. You announced a border protection policy suggesting that there might be a processing solution in {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}East Timor{\*\xmlclose}
. There has been no new detail beyond that announcement. There is a perception that on climate change you squibbed it, you threw at your audience a Citizen\rquote s Assembly to determine how this nation should act. Where\rquote s the leadership there?

\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  We\rquote ll let\rquote s unpack all of this piece by piece. Mining, the nation was in a fast and 
furious debate. And I believe respect had gone out of that conversation. I struck a breakthrough agreement with the biggest mining companies in this country which will overwhelmingly pay this tax. Yes there\rquote 
s further work to do with smaller miners, and when I use that term, this tax is only going to apply to miners who have a profit of $50 million or more. That\rquote 
s the scale of company we are talking about. We are in a process of consultation with them. I\rquote ve personally met with representatives of those mining companies. I did that last time I was in {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}
{\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}Perth{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose}.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Look, that\rquote s a question for them, but if they want to have an in-detail dialogue with the Government, then that opportunity is there for them.\~
 I met with representatives of these miners last time I was in {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}{\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}Perth{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose}.\~ On border protection, I was for strong border protection.\~ We
\rquote ve got more assets patrolling our borders than ever before.\~ More days in the air, more days at sea.\~ I want a long-term solution, and that\rquote s what the discussion with {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}East Timor{\*\xmlclose}
 is about, and I will pursue that with determination.\~ We are in caretaker.\~ This is a decision for the 21}{\f1\super\insrsid11224963 st}{\f1\insrsid11224963  of August and I will pursue it with determination.\~
 And then, of course, on climate change, my policy is not what you just said.\~ I don\rquote t apologise for trying to take the Australian people with me on something that will transform how we live and work.\~ But I\rquote ve said the Citizens\rquote 
 Assembly will work with us but we will act in the meantime.\~ And particular, we will act with record investments in solar and renewable technology.\~ And investing $1 billion in transmission lines to bring down the energy you\rquote 
re going to generate here through wind and wave technology into the national electricity\~grid, as well as no more dirty coal-fired power stations, as well as helping modernise our car fleet, as well as greening our buildings.\~
 So we are taking practical real action on climate change, or perhaps I should say we will take that action if I\rquote m elected as Prime Minister.\~ If Mr Abbott is elected, well, he thinks the science is \endash  I don\rquote 
t want to use the terminology but he\rquote s very dismissive of the science \endash  and you will not see us tackle climate change.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Robyn, hello.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 CALLER:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Hi Geoff.
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 An Emissions Trading Scheme, Robyn.\~ How important is it to you?
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\sb100\sa100\sbauto1\saauto1\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid11224963 {\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 CALLER:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Well, Prime Minister, I\rquote 
d like to say that I pay all the bills and I would love to give you the benefit of the doubt on all the other issues that you\rquote ll come through on us.\~ I just want to say that the committee idea of 150 people who aren\rquote t qualified just s
eems like a stalling manoeuvre, and I don\rquote t think people are passionate about this ETS idea without action.\~ I think you\rquote ve got to come through on this and if you don\rquote t hear the people, it\rquote 
s going to be the big thing that stops people endorsing all the other things that, especially as a woman, you want to not miss this opportunity to give you the vote on.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Thanks Robyn.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Ok Robyn.\~ Well what I can say to you is this: I believe climate change is real.\~ I believe it\rquote s caused by human activity.\~ I beli
eve we need a cap on carbon pollution, and we need a market based mechanism to then deliver to that cap to make sure we\rquote re cutting our pollution.\~ That\rquote s an Emissions Trading Scheme, a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.\~
 To do that, we need to take the community with us and I will lead that debate because I believe in it.\~ A mechanism to help us take the community with us is the citizens\rquote  assembly I\rquote ve announced, but I\rquote 
ll also take the measures that I\rquote ve talked about today to immediately start tackling climate change.\~ What\rquote s the contrast here?\~ Mr Abbott has said never ever to a cap on carbon pollution.\~ He\rquote 
s said never ever to a market based mechanism.\~ What he wants to do is endlessly take money out of the purses and wallets of Australians and give it to polluters with no target and no cuts in pollution.\~ His plan will increase carbon pollution.\~
 So that\rquote s the contrast for people to weigh in their minds.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Diane wants to talk about parental leave.\~ Diane\rquote s having a baby. G\rquote day to you.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 CALLER:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Hello.\~ Hi Geoff, hi Julia.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Congratulations.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 CALLER:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Thank you.\~ I\rquote m 28 weeks pregnant and due in October.\~ I own my own business and work full time.\~ This is my third and last baby.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  You\rquote d be happy I put that election date on the 21}{\f1\super\insrsid11224963 st}{\f1\insrsid11224963  of August then.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 CALLER:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  I am.\~ When I looked up and looked into the parental leave, it won\rquote t apply to me because the baby won\rquote t be born before or after the first of Jan.\~ My question is, I
\rquote ve been paying tax and I own my own business.\~ I\rquote ll be forced to go back to work as the main bread winner of my family to survive within three weeks of the birth.\~ I\rquote m just wondering why I won\rquote t be able to benefit from that?

\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Look, all I can say to you is I can understand that you\rquote re looking at the start date of our paid parental leave scheme, first of January next year, and saying why isn\rquote 
t it applying to me?\~ We, when we were elected, said we would do this, and we got it done and it will start on the first of January.\~ Should it have been done earlier in this country, you betcha.\~ And we l
ook at the government that Mr Howard led and Mr Abbott was a senior member of.\~ Mr Abbott in those days when asked about Paid Parental Leave would say, over his dead body.\~ So yes, we should have had this in operation earlier.\~
 The Government, elected in 2007, set about getting it done.\~ We did get it done.\~
 It had to have a start date sometime, and whenever you set that start date there were going to be some people who had their babies before it, some people who had their babies after it.\~ That\rquote s the best explanation I can give.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Prime Minister, speaking of dead bodies, in the background there\rquote s a political ghost and he\rquote s shrieking.\~ And he
\rquote s up in {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}{\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}Queensland{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose}.\~ Will you ask Kevin Rudd to campaign outside of his own seat?
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  I\rquote m respecting Kevin Rudd\rquote s wishes to be campaigning in his local electorate as the Member for {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}{\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname 
stockticker}}Griffith{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose}.\~ What he has said, what he has said publicly, what I understand to be his wishes, is his focus is on his local electorate.\~ He has always cared passionately about his-
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Sure, but if you do badly in {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}{\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}
Queensland{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose}, you lose the election.\~ If there is residual anger over what happened to Kevin Rudd in {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}{\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}Queensland{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose}
, you lose the election.\~ Do you need him?\~ Will you have him at your campaign launch?
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  I\rquote ve said that Kevin Rudd, of course, former Prime Ministers will be honoured at the campaign launch.\~ That\rquote s how the Labor Party works.\~ You know, we\rquote 
ve got some interesting issues there.\~ You know, Bob and Paul had a few things to say to each other as well.\~ But there we have it.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963 \~ But his absence from a campaign launch will speak volumes.\~
 You are speaking about the great legacy of Kevin Rudd when everyone knows he may choose not to be there.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  And I have just directly said to you that of course Kevin will be welcome at the cam
paign launch as an honoured former Prime Minister but what Kevin Rudd, what I say this election is about what the whole Labor team says this election is about is a choice on the 21}{\f1\super\insrsid11224963 st}{\f1\insrsid11224963 
 of August about where this nation goes to next. I\rquote ve used the terminology moving {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}{\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}Australia{\*\xmlclose}{\*\xmlclose} forward and I\rquote 
m going to say it again because I am on about moving this country forward with a strong economy, with world class services, kids getting a chance in school, world class health care, Mr Abbott is about the reverse.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963 \~ You don\rquote t accept that Kevin Rudd represents real trouble for you if you don\rquote t bring him into the tent?
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Kevin Rudd is in the tent, he is campaigning as part of the Labor team in his local electorate. I am respecting his wishes that his focus is his local c
ommunity about which he has always cared passionately. 
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963 \~ Finally in an election campaign that is going to be remembered for makeovers and a 13 page spread in the Women\rquote 
s Weekly, no but it is.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Well I don\rquote t, I don\rquote t agree with that analysis at all. Have I been in the Women\rquote 
s Weekly? Yes. Did they use some make-up and soft lighting? Yes they do and that do and that\rquote s very nice. This election campaign is about the issues. Jobs, health, education -
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  But I am not just talking about a photo shoot. I\rquote 
m talking about the presentation of Julia Gillard during the great debate and other occasions and I just wonder why it was seen to take a big internal leak to release that fighter in you in Adelaide the other day when people who were saying, so this is th
e Julia Gillard we know rather than the one being prime ministerial?
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Well I\rquote 
m Julia Gillard every day. No one makes me anything come out of my mouth except for me and what I say is what I believe in and the thing that is keeping me passionate during this election campaign and will every day between now and the 21}{
\f1\super\insrsid11224963 st}{\f1\insrsid11224963  of August is, I am passionate, I am desperate to see this country go forward. I\rquote m desperate about making sure Australians have got the benefit of a strong economy, kids have got great schools
, Australians have got the health care they deserve. I don\rquote 
t want to see us go back to the days of WorkChoices, health and education cuts and people making the sort of wrong economic choices that Tony Abbott wanted us to make after the global financial crisis with Australians on the scrap heap. That\rquote 
s what I\rquote m fighting this election campaign about.
\par }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 {\*\xmlopen\xmlns1{\factoidname stockticker}}HOST{\*\xmlclose}:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Julia Gillard thank you for coming into the studio.
\par \line }{\b\f1\insrsid11224963\charrsid11224963 PM:}{\f1\insrsid11224963  Thank you.
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