I'm not as bearish as many others about China. Why? Because China must grow. So I am far more optimistic about China.

I'm not as bearish as many others about China. Why? Because China must grow. So I am far more optimistic about China.

In fact, in Parliament, I pointed out that Australians on average incomes would move into the second highest tax bracket in the next couple of years. That is going to slow down the Australian economy. It's bad for households.

The poorest people either don't have cars or actually don't drive very far in many cases.

Everyone is a buyer, everyone's a potential purchaser and everyone's a potential vendor.

As Australians, we must not leave our children worse off. That’s not fair. That is not our way.

No matter what happens in the future, whether it is a Labor government or a Coalition government, whoever is in government is going to have to fix the budget.