UN General Assembly
2014

crime is not covered up, because that is our duty to the 38 Australians murdered in this atrocity. Right now, an Australian force has been deployed to the Middle East, so that we can join a coalition seeking to disrupt and degrade the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorist movement at the request of the Iraqi Government. One of our prime ministers once talked about our country’s great objective, “our light on the hill,” as he put it, namely, to work for the betterment of mankind, not just at home, but wherever we can lend a helping hand. To build a better world, we need to respond sensibly to the problems before us, whether through bodies such as the United Nations, or in coalitions with like-minded countries. We also need to work purposefully to create stronger and more resilient people and communities. A stronger economy will not solve every problem, but it will make almost every problem easier to tackle. Richer people are not necessarily better people, but the problems of plenty