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

It is not the role of government to use the taxation and welfare system as a tool to level the playing field.

I will never ever support a people swap where you can send a 13 year old child, unaccompanied to a country without supervision. Never, it'll be over my dead body. How dare they.

I'm not going to count the dollars before they've come in.

Fiscal policy, monetary policy, they need to work together to try and raise the level of growth.

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

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