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.

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.

One thing we do know about the threat of climate change is that the cost of adjustment only grows the longer it's left unaddressed.

We are all in this together. We want to have, I suppose, a single point of entry so that anyone coming near a disability service can get a very complete picture. Government needs to understand that picture, and we need to be able to offer somebody a one-stop shop.

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.

We know that defence work results in more than great defence hardware - it can drive innovation and advances in all areas of our life.