You can't fatten the pig on market day.

Of all the important relationships that Australia has with other countries, none has been more greatly transformed over the last 10 years than our relationship with China.

Nobody should claim that the war [in Iraq] is over. But certainly it can be said that the regime is finished.

The most important civil liberty... is to stay alive and to be free from violence and death.

Sport is an important part of the Australian psyche. Anybody who thinks that sport is not part of the fabric of Australian life misunderstands this country quite dramatically.

I've never believed in lower wages. Never. Never believed in lower wages, I've never believed in lower wages as an economic instrument.

This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief.