Speech: Local government action in Indonesia

11 December 2007
The Australian Government is committed to leading the fight against climate change. Australia’s ratification of the Kyoto Protocol was the first official act of the new Australian Government. This is a clear signal of the very high priority the Government places on climate change.

Speech: Launch of the World Bank Forest Carbon Partnership Facility

11 December 2007
On behalf of the Australian Government, I would like to welcome the launch of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, and to congratulate Mr Zoellick and the World Bank on this important initiative.

Speech: Launch of Indonesia's Orangutan Conservation Strategy and Action Plan hosted by President Yudhoyono

10 December 2007
Thank you for inviting the Australian Government to participate in this important event. I am confident that Indonesia’s strategy and action plan will set a new standard for the alignment of development and conservation efforts in our region and across the globe.

Media release: Federal Labor Arts Election Launch

10 November 2007
Local communities will have greater opportunities to create and enjoy their own art in suburbs and towns across Australia under a Rudd Labor Government.

Photo gallery 1: Federal Labor Arts Election Launch

10 November 2007

Speech: Federal Labor Arts Election Launch, Riverside Theatre, Parramatta

10 November 2007
I want to extend a very warm welcome to everyone here and to specially thank David Wenham for his MC role, Tim Freedman, Sarah Blasko, Mark Seymour, Tamsin Carroll and Perry Keyes for performing. How good it is to hear Aussie music in the midst of an election campaign?

Speech: Opening and Closing Statements, NPC

08 November 2007
Opening and Closing Statements from National Press Club debate with Malcolm Turnbull

Speech: Environment Business Australia Summit, Sydney

05 November 2007
Thank you Environment Business Australia for the opportunity to speak to you tonight. Labor shares your vision that Australia can indeed be “an international leader by demonstrating how an energy intensive economy can remain robust and prosperous using more efficient, cleaner, and renewable sources of energy”

Speech: FutureVision 2020, Auswind 2007 Conference

09 October 2007
I stand before you as a huge fan of renewable energy - so it’s a very real pleasure to speak to you tonight.

Parliament: Adjournment speech

19 September 2007
Australian artists would be justified in believing that the Coalition harbours a latent, sometimes visible, hostility to them and their calling.

Media release: Labor offers $2.4m lifeline to the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (AMRAP)

17 September 2007
A Rudd Labor Government will deliver $2.4 million over four years to the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (AMRAP) to help promote contemporary Aussie bands and musicians.

Speech: New Directions for the Arts

14 September 2007
Subjects:     Labor’s support for the Arts, Resale royalties, Arts and music education, Young Artists, Australia Council, Digital content

Media release: Labor announces its vision for the Arts

14 September 2007
Federal Labor today released a comprehensive arts policy framework, New Directions for the Arts.

Parliament: Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 5) Bill 2007

12 September 2007
I rise to speak on the Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 5) Bill 2007, which seeks to implement a wide range of arrangements, including the government’s long-overdue film package.

Media release: Blanchett is a role model we can all look up to

10 September 2007
Cate Blanchett’s Best Actress award at the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Bob Dylan in I'm Not There is a tremendous achievement.

Speech: National Press Club

05 September 2007
Today I want to outline to you Labor’s approach to protecting our precious environment and addressing dangerous climate change.

Speech: Launch of 'Harpoon' by Andrew Darby

28 August 2007
It is a great pleasure to launch a new book from a talented Australian writer, under the imprint of an independent Australian publisher, and in one of Australia’s finest bookstores.

Parliament: Product Stewardship (Oil) Amendment Bill

16 August 2007
The purpose of this bill is to amend the Product Stewardship (Oil) Act 2000 in order to, amongst other things, replace the term ‘waste oil’ throughout the act with the term ‘used oil’ and make changes to the administration, operation and amendment of the Oil Stewardship Advisory Council.

Parliament: Committees - Science and Innovation Committee Report

13 August 2007
Between a rock and a hard place is an extremely apposite title for a report of this kind, given that it has a dissenting report which, frankly, strains credulity, even in a place where extreme views are sometimes heard—and, I should say, always tolerated.

Media release: The Helpman Victory they had to have

07 August 2007
Peter Garrett today congratulated the many Australian winners at the annual Helpmann Awards for live performances.

Media release: Federal Labor to fast-track world heritage listing for Ningaloo Reef

01 August 2007
A Rudd Labor Government will fast track Australia’s nomination for World Heritage listing of Ningaloo Reef - WA’s largest and most accessible coral reef.

Speech: Inaugural CitiGroup Climate Change Conference

25 July 2007
I’ve spent many years working on environment issues, including this one, but there’s no doubt that climate change is front and centre the key moral, environmental and economic challenge of our age.

Speech: Foreign Correspondents Association, Sydney

19 July 2007
It’s a pleasure to speak to the Foreign Correspondents Association. I note that the Prime Minister decided that this is not a worthy venue from a vote pulling perspective.

Speech: Hands in the ruck, Lowy Institute, Sydney

17 July 2007
In December this year in Bali, Indonesia, the most critical United Nations climate change conference yet will take place.

Speech: Climate Change - Business working with government, ALP Qld State Conference

30 June 2007
Exactly three months ago, Federal Labor Leader Kevin Rudd convened Australia’s first National Climate Change Summit in Canberra.

Parliament: Matter of Public Importance - Climate change

21 June 2007
We started this session in the parliament with questions to the government about climate change. There were questions to the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources about whether he would increase the renewable energy target. Those questions were never answered.

Speech: Climate Action Network Australia, Canberra

18 June 2007
I want to begin by acknowledging the very good work that CANA and its member groups have done over the years to bring the critical challenge of climate change to the attention of the Australian community.

Parliament: Private Members Business - Human Rights in Zimbabwe

18 June 2007
I support the motion brought to the House by the Member for Cook. I acknowledge his significant contribution in the life of this parliament in bringing forward motions which draw to the attention of the House some of the more direct and challenging human rights ...

Speech: Water, Climate Change and the Environment – Overcoming the Challenges Ahead, CEDA State of the Nation, Canberra

14 June 2007
Thank you for inviting me to speak about my shadow ministerial environmental responsibilities and “overcoming the challenges ahead”, particularly in the context of CEDA examining the State of the Nation.

Parliament: Aboriginal Land Rights (NT) Amendment (Township Leasing) Bill 2007

13 June 2007
I want to strongly commend the remarks of my colleague the member for Banks and acknowledge his long-term commitment and contribution to Indigenous people both by service in this House and also more broadly through his advocacy in the Australian community ...

Parliament: Statements by Members - Mr George Burrarrawanga

12 June 2007
I rise to pay tribute to the life of George Burrarrawanga, who sadly passed away on Sunday, 10 June.

Media release: Visit to Alice Springs and Irrkerlantye Arts Centre

06 June 2007
The imminent release of the Senate report into Australia’s Indigenous visual arts and craft sector removes the government’s final excuse for continued inaction.

Parliament: Censure Motion - Prime Minister

29 May 2007
Today’s censure motion against the Prime Minister is a defining moment in the life of this parliament—defining because it proves once and for all that, when it comes to climate change and the policies this country needs to have in place to deal with the issue of climate change, this Prime Minister just does not get it.

Parliament: Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change (Kyoto Protocol Ratification) Bill 2007

28 May 2007
This Bill 2007 has previously been presented in the House—most recently, almost a year ago to the day, by the Member for Grayndler.

Transcript: Interview with Virginia Trioli, 702 ABC

22 May 2007
Subjects: Playing Australia fund

Parliament: Appropriation Bills 2007-08

22 May 2007
I want to follow on by commending the speeches that have been made by opposition members in the House and by commending the Opposition Leader on his budget in reply speech.

Speech: National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development, Brisbane

21 May 2007
This is a pivotal time in Australia’s history, when our nation’s business, political and community leaders are being asked to deliver real solutions driven by  real leadership to the dramatic challenge of climate change.

Speech: CFMEU Mining & Energy Division National Convention

16 May 2007
There is no greater challenge for Australia than climate change. It is an economic challenge, an environmental challenge, a moral challenge, and a challenge to the future of your industry.

Speech: Australian Human Rights Centre Symposium, University of NSW

02 May 2007
Securing the Environment: The challenge of protecting human rights in a changing climate

Speech: 2007 ALP National Conference - Environment and Climate Change

29 April 2007
Chapter 9: Combating climate change and building a sustainable environment

Speech: ALP 2007 National Conference - Arts

28 April 2007
Introduction to Chapter 16: Supporting Australia’s Arts, Culture and Heritage

Speech: 2007 ALP National Conference - Uranium

28 April 2007
Chapter 5: Fostering competitive and innovative Australian industries

Speech: Kingsford Smith FEC

19 April 2007
Tonight I want to lay out my argument as to why Labor should maintain its existing no new uranium mines policy.

Speech: Launch of Australian Arts: Where the Bloody Hell Are You? University of Sydney symposium

17 April 2007
Thank you very much Professor Don Nutbeam for your kind introduction and also for stealing my lines about Australia’s tourism campaign whose name you appropriated for your symposium.

Speech: Renewable Energy Generators of Australia Forum 2007, Melbourne

03 April 2007

What a timely conference this is book-ended between last weekend’s National Climate Change Summit Labor hosted in Canberra and Earth Hour, and the upcoming release of the second volume of the 4th assessment report of the IPCC

Speech: FUSE Conference, Academy City Cinema, Adelaide

30 March 2007
Thank you for the invitation to give a keynote address to the Fuse Conference, and thank you to Greg Mackie for your introduction.

Parliament: Ministerial Statements - Global Initiatives on Forests and Climate

29 March 2007
We are entering a new era of action on climate change. There is a growing national consensus on climate change.

Speech: Clean Coal 2007, Carlton Crest Hotel, Brisbane

29 March 2007
Thank you for the invitation to speak at Clean Coal 2007. It’s timely that we’re gathered here given the growth in corporate and Government awareness of clean coal.

Parliament: Matters of Public Importance - Climate Change

28 March 2007
The Howard Government just does not get climate change, and the Minister for the Environment in Question Time plays word games knowing full well that Labor’s policy announcement today is to double the funding for the installation of solar power—a policy he has previously supported.

Parliament: Adjournment - Earth Hour

28 March 2007
I rise today to welcome the Earth Hour initiative. Earth Hour is an important initiative and event that has been organised and sponsored by WWF and the Fairfax organisation.