FORMER prime minister Kevin Rudd has praised people who aren't "strutting their stuff" on the nightly news.
A day after urging the international community to consider arming Syrian rebels, Mr Rudd, who has also served as foreign minister, was praising the work of volunteers.
"What we honour today ... are those silent, solid contributors not out there doing flashy stuff for the newspapers, not out there strutting their stuff for the nightly news," he told constituents in his inner-Brisbane electorate of Griffith.
Mr Rudd has this week called for an increase in the Newstart allowance, and during the summer has made a series of speeches, social media posts and media appearances.
But on Tuesday, a media conference wasn't scheduled as the backbencher presented the Griffith Australia Day Awards, at Lourdes Hill College in Hawthorne.
With Prime Minister Julia Gillard this week surpassing Mr Rudd's time in The Lodge, Mr Rudd instead reminded his audience of his previous role as an international statesman.
"When I've been addressing the United Nations General Assembly, when I've been in the Oval Office with the president of the United States and with Therese and I having a cup of tea with the Queen, you know something?" he said, answering that volunteers meant the most to him as an MP.
Mr Rudd finished his 17-minute address by urging his audience to go on social media.
"Take out your mobile phones now, go on Twitter, tell the world one thing you're grateful for about our community here on Brisbane's Southside," he said.
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