There is nothing more important in business or politics than a deal is a deal.

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

Governments enjoying surpluses have a very strong temptation to splash money around, and while tax cuts are always appealing, cutting taxes at the top of a boom runs the real risk of creating a structural deficit when the boom subsides.

While our energy efficiency is improving, there is a very high correlation, almost near perfect correlation, between GDP growth, and energy usage.

We learn from every natural disaster. Whether it's a fire or a flood, we learn something from it so we can respond to the next one better.

Government will not nominate the former Labor prime minister [Kevin Rudd] to be the UN's next secretary-general.

I think Australians are more interested in what I am doing with their money than what I am doing with my own.