Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.

All the government decisions remain and won't be altered until I get in the role and have had a chance to discuss them with my colleagues.

Grace Portolesi is a strong, assertive passionate young woman and she is precisely the sort of person I want in my cabinet and she will have a senior role.

The two defining issues of this century are both universal but felt locally: the global water crisis and the resources boom.

People want the freedom. They want to be able to shop. If you don't like the shop trading hours and you're a shop owner, you don't have to open.

Obviously any export of uranium to India could only occur within an appropriate international framework to be negotiated by the commonwealth government.

Our commitment to defence goes beyond this. It's a long-term commitment to make SA the home for Australian defence. It's a commitment to providing the right infrastructure and the right people.