The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that's the best job you can get in terms of money, that's too bad, you know. Because frankly, it's not well paid, everyone knows that. So for most people it's a big sacrifice.

Americans understand that they have no stronger ally, no better friend, than Australia.

All Australians understand that high-quality, reliable and affordable broadband is a critical part of the infrastructure our nation needs to prosper in coming years.

There is a tendency to try to dumb everything down and turn everything into a one-paragraph press release or even less, just a slogan.

Greece is an extreme case: a country where both the level of spending and the level of taxation were unsustainable!

I love radio - its immediacy and especially its intimacy... it is part of your life, whispering into your ear. You can't see it, but equally importantly it can't see you.

China and India will take the global leadership on climate change: they are suffering for it.