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

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.

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

We will continue to go out onto the streets and to protest, and actively encourage the public to support us in our campaign for free education.

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.

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

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