This is the policy speech for the 1998 Federal Election, delivered by the ALP Leader of the Opposition, Kim Beazley.
The speech was delivered in Brisbane.
- Listen to Beazley’s policy speech (30m)
Transcript of Kim Beazley’s policy speech for the 1998 Federal Election.
Nearly 100 years ago, our forebears created a new nation on this continent—a land to which people from all over the world could come to make a contribution. As we enter a new century, we face again the same challenge that confronted our nation’s founders. Can we come together, and put petty rivalries and differences aside, and build a new nation for a new century?
We’re here in an election campaign that will decide how Australia enters that century—our second century as a nation. But above all, we’re here to launch a claim for the Australian people. We launch their claim for jobs, for decent health care, for an education, for security and opportunity in their lives. We launch their claim for the better Australia that they deserve.