Labor prepared to govern: Gillard

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Labor is prepared to deliver stable and effective government.

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PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says Labor is prepared to deliver stable and effective government for the next three years after winning the support of two key rural independents.

"Labor is prepared to govern," she told reporters in Canberra.

"Labor is prepared to deliver stable, effective and secure government for the next three years."

Earlier, rural independents Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor said they'd back Labor, giving Ms Gillard the 76 votes required to form a minority government.

Ms Gillard said the Australian people had told the government it would be held more accountable than ever before and more than any government in modern memory.

"Ours will be a government with just one purpose, and that's to serve the Australian people," she said.

"We will be held to higher standards of transparency and reform and it's in that spirit I approach the task of forming a government."

Ms Gillard said the political deadlock had resulted in more openness, transparency and reform in how the parliament was conducted than any other time in modern Australian politics.

The political players had been open with the Australian people throughout the process.

"To quote Rob Oakeshott, sunshine is the best disinfectant," Ms Gillard said.

"We've agreed to far-reaching reforms that make me as prime minister and our government and how it functions more accountable to the Australian people.

"So let's draw back the curtains and let the sun shine in, let our parliament be more open than it was before."

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