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

One of my prized possessions is still the prefect's tie that I got in this school. I keep it with me. It was the first leadership position I ever had.

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

In Australia, average temperatures have risen almost one degree since 1910, and each decade since the 1940s has been warmer than the one before. That warming is real. Its consequences are real. And it will change our lives in real and practical ways.

Climate change is real and it is caused to a significant extent by human activity.

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

Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals.