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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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