The US and Australia have a lot in common. One of the things we have in common is we produce a lot of carbon.

On September 11th, 2001, in our time of grief, the American people came together. We offered our neighbors a hand and we offered the wounded our blood. We reaffirmed our ties to each other and our love of community and country. On that day, no matter where we came from, what God we prayed to, or what race or ethnicity we were, we were united as one American family.

Women deserve equal pay for equal work.

If you don't have good people, and you don't have a good process and you don't have, at some level, the basic reverence for [presidential] office, and an understanding of the incredible responsibilities and obligations, then, I think you can get into trouble.

Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes.

Maybe at the same time as I'm more confident today, I'm also more humble.

I think we want to see new voices and new ideas emerge - that's part of the reason why term limits are a really useful thing.