The political bug first bit me was Malcolm Fraser's resignation from the Gorton Government.

There have been 44 constitutional referenda in Australia and only eight have succeeded.

Let's be frank: if there are hardened terrorists [Australian] who are fighting overseas, we don't want to see those people come back to our shores. But if we could stop youngsters, teenagers from falling into the snares of ISIL or Jabhat al-Nusra or other terrorist organisations through parental intervention and other strategies then, we hope to be able to rescue them before they commit these crimes.

I am because the Chinese have agreed - entered into this agreement in 1997. It sets out the circumstances in which the release of a prisoner who is the subject of a transfer may occur in exceptional circumstances. So the Chinese, having agreed to those principles, I'm sure have no objection to them being applied in this particular case.

I joined the Young Liberals when I was 16 and it was a good way for me to understand how the Liberal Party worked and to learn basic political skills and techniques.

It is a necessary precondition for the success of a referendum that there should be broad community consensus and bipartisan support for it.

I think it would be frankly a retrograde thing for Pauline Hanson to be elected to the Senate.