You are not prime minister of Australia because of some kind of process of divine selection. You are prime minister of Australia through the gift of the Australian people.

I thank all of those who weren't born in this country for coming here and making a contribution to Australia. We are the least discriminatory country in the world, in my view.

If I am wrong and you are right then the democratic process of the Australian community will vindicate you and condemn me.

I don't think there's any reason on Earth why people should have access to automatic and semiautomatic weapons unless they're in the military or in the police.

Young people are at risk of being disinherited from their community if that community lacks the courage and confidence to teach its history.

Nobody should underestimate how much the world changed on the 11th of September 2001.

Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.