I think Australia has to be a country which has the 'Welcome' sign out.

Politicians come in three varieties: straight men, fixers, and maddies.

Anybody who achieves what Malcolm Fraser achieved in his life deserves respect as a quite extraordinary Australian.

When the Berlin Wall came down the Americans cried, 'Victory,' and walked off the field.

The lesson of the Federation should be that the lesson is over. Australia must have a new idea of itself. We have to strike out in a new direction, in a new way, armed with our own self-regard, our own confidence and fully appreciating our own uniqueness. All other roads will lead us into the shadow of great powers.

In the end, the key ingredient for public life is imagination. You imagine something better, you try to bring the people with you.

No choice we can make as a nation lies between our history and our geography. We can hardly change either of them. They are immutable. The only choice we can make as a nation is the choice about our future.