JULIA GILLARD, PRIME MINISTER (at press conference): The Labor Party's current platform prevents us selling uranium to India. I believe the time has come for the Labor Party to change this position.

MARK ARBIB, LABOR FRONTBENCHER (excerpt from ABC News 24): This is about bringing our policy in line with international standards and what is actually the international reality.

JULIA GILLARD (at press conference): I believe that this will be one way we can take another step forward in our relationship with India.

STEPHEN JONES, LABOR MP (excerpt from 7.30, ABC TV): One of the world's most unstable hotspots.

BARACK OBAMA, US PRESIDENT (excerpt from speech): India is a big player. The Australia-India relationship is one that should be cultivated.

MARK ARBIB (excerpt from ABC News 24): When the United States changed its policy in terms of shipments of uranium, well that really made our policy out of date.

BARACK OBAMA (excerpt from speech): I don't think Julia or anybody else needs my advice in figuring that out.

JULIA GILLARD (at press conference): For us to refuse to budge is all pain with no gain.

CRAIG EMERSON, LABOR FRONTBENCHER (excerpt from AM Agenda, Sky News National): This is a policy change whose time has come

(Excerpt from ABC Radio National Breakfast interview):

FRAN KELLY, PRESENTER: The Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd was reportedly furious he wasn't consulted. Why on Earth would the Foreign Minister get left out of a decision like this?

WAYNE SWAN, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, TREASURER: I don't think you should necessarily assume that media reports like that are accurate.

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KEVIN RUDD, FOREIGN MINISTER (excerpt from 7.30, ABC TV): No I was not consulted.

JULIA GILLARD (at press conference): Well I'm being very clear about what view I will take to the National Conference.

CRAIG EMERSON (excerpt from AM Agenda, Sky News National): The annual ALP conferences are a clearing house for ideas.

MARK ARBIB (excerpt from ABC News 24): Conference is a funny beast.

GRAHAM PERRETT (excerpt from interview): Certainly after Fukushima and some of the concerns that arose out of that, I think people are wary.

STEPHEN JONES (excerpt from 7.30, ABC TV): We should not be adding to the stockpile of weapons grade uranium throughout the world by exporting our uranium out of Australia.

JULIA GILLARD (at press conference): I expect there to be some noise. I expect there to be the occasional sharp word spoken.

GRAHAM PERRETT, LABOR MP: You wouldn't accuse her of being scared of a fight.

STEPHEN JONES (excerpt from 7.30, ABC TV): Like many in the Caucus and many delegates to conference I'll be opposing it.

KEVIN RUDD (excerpt from 7.30, ABC TV): I expect the conference will support the Prime Minister.

JULIA GILLARD (at press conference): The Labor Party is a party of ideas and I expect that to be on display in full measure at National Conference.