I'm on the record as saying things like I think it's important for people to understand their Bible stories, not because I'm an advocate of religion - clearly, I'm not - but once again, what comes from the Bible has formed such an important part of our culture.

I'm angry and I understand why Australians paying mortgages are angry.

So in many ways for me, having lived through what I've lived through, and endured what I've endured, I've got more confidence that I can do the next bit - and there's something sustaining about that.

My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game.

We encourage China to engage as a good global citizen and we are clear-eyed about where differences do lie.

I don't rule out the possibility of legislating a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, a market-based mechanism.

Any sort of political correctness needs to be swept out of the way