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.

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.

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

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.

If you present good government, then elections look after themselves.

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

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