Quotes from Julia Gillard

A literate, skilled workforce is essential for low-income countries to attract investment and fill jobs with local rather than imported labour.

I know reform is never easy. But I know reform is right.

I know people are looking at what's happening in Washington and then they also look at events in Europe, in Greece and Portugal and other places and worry about that.

Being beyond politics, I am able to examine the role of the media without worrying about the indignant harrumphing that emanates from many journalists and commentators when you do so.

My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game.

The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability.

I have travelled enough internationally to know and accept the reality that, overwhelmingly, people are well disposed to Australia but in truth know very little about it. In particular, people know hardly anything about Australian politics.

If you believe, as I do, that merit is equally distributed between the sexes, then any result that isn't around half and half should be troubling.

The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability.

America has always understood this principle of the economy - that everyone can benefit when everyone competes.

All my life I've believed that men and women have equal capacities and talents...consequently there should be equality in life's chances.

In fragile and conflict-affected states, education can insulate children from chaos and insecurity and better prepare them to bring about future stability.

Middle-income countries need to attend to the education of their poorest people to build their economies and ensure long-term stability.

Education's net economic benefits are greater than many other investments.

Through hard work and education, we can deliver a strong economy and opportunity for all.

Getting more girls a good education requires an approach that harnesses the collective efforts of developing nations, donor nations, multilateral organizations, NGOs, private-sector institutions.

For a profession that holds dear both the ability to vivisect politicians in prose and the expectation that these carved-up subjects will not complain, the media is horribly thin-skinned and vengeance-seeking when on the receiving end of criticism.

Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals.

There is a reason the world always looks to America.

Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity... and these in turn rely on the education of our people.