The thing we need most is each other.

With increasing frequency and growing vehemence, you hear people saying they are ashamed to be Australians.

Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me.

The yearning for strong leadership is more about strength of purpose - clarity of vision - than about merely 'getting tough'.

Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.

Indeed, in the present climate of mistrust of institutions, many people who yearn for a more meaningful and fulfilling life would regard the church as an unlikely place to go for guidance.

The thing we need most is each other.