CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 29 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:

Thank you all, for that very warm Labour Party welcome.

Here in Liverpool we are 10,000 miles from where I joined the Labor Party.

A long and winding road.

But in our mighty global movement, you never walk alone.

And - for balance - a shout-out to all the Everton supporters here as well.

Thank you to my mate, and your leader, Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Thank you for the great honour of inviting me to speak at your conference.

And thank you for your kind introduction.

Keir and I got to know each other well during our time as Leaders of the Opposition.

Back when we thought that was the toughest job in politics.

In Opposition, I was alwa...