Lara Giddings quotes:

I am hopeful that one day I will meet that right man and will have a very happy life partner.

Being Premier is a 24/7 job, so it doesn't create many spaces in order to be able to build relationships.

Labor has a proud history of tackling discrimination and introducing important social reform.

I'm an ordinary Tasmanian like everybody else, and I have weight issues; I have issues around finding the time to do the exercise and things, but in my role as Health Minister, and in my role as myself as well, I have to look after my own health.

The sad thing is that apparently if you want to become the next Premier or the leader, suddenly you've got to shut down your human side.

My first job as premier will be to go back to basics.

At times I wonder whether or not your role as a member of Parliament... may in fact inhibit a relationship developing.

I'm human. I'm a person. I would love to be in a relationship with a man. I would love to find the right man; I think that's natural - that's what we all want.

I am just as ordinary as anyone else, and I also have my problems, but I also am responsible for my own health. So I'll be on that exercise bike, I'll be out there walking and try to improve my health and diet as much as I'm expecting of other Tasmanians.

There will always be excuses, arguments, and questions of timing when moving on difficult and controversial issues.