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"We're seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics."
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"The accusation that we've lost our soul resonates with a very modern concern about authenticity."
"So there clearly is a sense in which the Labour Party here, certainly at State level is reaching out and connecting with people and reflecting the aspirations and needs of, you know the mass of ordinary Australians."
"But getting your party structure right may also be a precondition for getting your policies right."
"And I hope very much that the ALP will become increasingly engaged in the international discussions that are taking place amongst centre-left parties generally."
"Certainly we know from our own experience how very difficult it is when you've lost an election that perhaps a lot of people were expecting you to win."
"Well I think all I would say on that is, when we were in opposition in Britain and Hawke and then Keating were in power here, Labor was in power here, we learnt a huge amount from the ALP's experience here."
"As patients and consumers, we are better informed today about our health care than any previous generation."
"And some of what we're doing in Government even now, some of the welfare reform programs that are helping lone mothers come into work are based on things that were very new under the Labour Government in the eighties."
"I think he was absolutely right not to go to UN last week... First things first - that is, values and people here in their local communities, and remembering all politics is local, and trusting people more."
"But clearly at the same time you've got to get out there and connect with voters and actually respond to the needs, the frustrations, whatever problems their now saying are not being adequately solved."
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