On balance, after weighing the arguments, I believe that the time has come for Australia to create a new sovereign wealth fund.

The proliferation of outlets that digital technology has enabled has itself contributed to the changing nature of what we regard as 'news' and the way in which many citizens perceive politics.

People learn from failure or from lack of success.

If consulted by friends about marital dramas, I always encourage the singles to marry, the married to stick together, the neglectful and wayward to renew their loving commitment and the wronged to forgive.

I've always been prepared to put my money where my mouth is.

On balance, after weighing the arguments, I believe that the time has come for Australia to create a new sovereign wealth fund.

My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian.