Mark Latham

[struggle4progress]

August 30, 2004

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I have taken up the pledge to the Australian people, a very important pledge, and that is truth in government. We have too much dishonesty from the Howard Government. The Prime Minister said that this election is about trust. If the Prime Minister was serious about trust, he'd bring the Australian people into his trust. He'd let them know fully the plans that he has after this election. He failed to give a commitment to serve the full term of the next Parliament.

In this campaign, Labor will be highlighting the failures of the Howard Government, the dishonesty, the attacks on Medicare, the loss of affordable education, the way in which it has made Australia less safe in the war against terror. But, overwhelmingly, our campaign will be positive. We'll be putting forward positive solutions for the benefit of the Australian people. This is a campaign that should be about the future, not the past. It should be about hope, instead of trying to scare people, instead of being about fear. It should be about opportunity, instead of negativity. It should be a campaign about positive solutions and Labor will be advancing those, particularly in the all-important areas of health and education, but also the environment, in the key areas of national security and economic growth and Australia's national prosperity.

I say to the Australian people that Labor is ready to govern. We've got the policies, the team, the drive, the determination to get things done for Australia.

We can be better than a Government that has been dishonest, that's attacked Medicare, attacked education and attacked the environment. We can do so much better for the future of our nation.
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This is an edited transcript of Mark Latham's statement.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/29/1093717845043.html

[Cha]

1. Time for john howard to go.

Best Wishes to Mark Latham and Labor.