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.

If you complain, you’re ‘playing the victim’; if you don’t complain, you are a victim.

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

The death of Malcolm Fraser underwrites a great loss to Australia... I always thought Malcolm would be around a lot longer. I must say, I wished he had been.

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.

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

I know reform is never easy. But I know reform is right.