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

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.

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.

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

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.