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.

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

We have been getting ready to recycle more e-waste by investing in infrastructure, providing grants to local government and working with industry.

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

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.

I think there is a case for strong action and intervention when there is criminality and when the leaders are corrupt or behaving in a criminal fashion.

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.