The United States being in Asia is unambiguously a good thing for the region.

Leadership is not about being nice. it's about being right and being strong

You see, before I became prime minister, the Australian prime minister only attended ever two meetings in the world: the British Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and the South Pacific Forum.

One tires of combat, although I can still throw a punch, you know.

The United States being in Asia is unambiguously a good thing for the region.

Nobody wants to have in their CV in the upper echelons of the American economic family that they nationalised major banks.

Good economics is good politics.