As I'm lying there at my funeral I would hope to hear somebody say, “Look, he's still moving!

When you're looking for votes, you are looking for votes from everybody, particularly the powerful.

Before becoming an Australian you will be asked to subscribe to certain values. If you have strong objections to those values, don't come to Australia.

I think Australians are rightly suspicious of people who will try and use religion for another end. I don't think that's right and I don't think it should be done, but I think it should inform values, and it does.

Businessmen are always trying to advance their business interests, but they are not running for Prime Minister.

Brian Burke as we now know was the most influential person in the West Australian Labor Party, if you could attract him, you're in business.

This is not the kind of country where you would feel comfortable if you were opposed to democracy, parliamentary law, independent courts and so I would say to people who don't feel comfortable with those values there might be other countries where they'd feel more comfortable with their own values or beliefs.