Afghanistan must never again be a safe haven for terrorism.

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

We are constantly being told that we've never been wealthier. And many of us are. On average we all are. But that's just the problem.. no one is average.

Australians can trust me to get the job done. They can have the confidence that in the heart of the circumstances I will win through in their interests no matter how relentlessly negative the leader of the opposition is.

The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability.

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.

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