It is the first time the burglar has been appointed as caretaker.

If I begin my book with a review of the coup, it is only to show that my abiding interests for Australia did not end with it. They shall end only with a long and fortunate life.

She was a remarkable person and the love of my life.

Conscription is an impediment to achieving the forces Australia needs. It is an alibi for failing to give proper conditions to regular soldiers. We will abolish conscription forthwith. By abolishing it, Australia will achieve a better army, a better-paid army - and a better, united society.

Australia's treatment of her Aboriginal people will be the thing on which the world will judge Australia and Australians - Not just now, but in the greater perspective of history.

The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race.

Well may we say 'God save the Queen', because nothing will save the Governor-General'.