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.

The prudential regulation that I have put in place has been absolutely critical. The fiscal policy which we have put in place has been absolutely critical and if people looked at Australia now turn its back on economic reform, which of course industrial relations rollback or throwback would be, let me tell you, that would really start affecting confidence.

If you want to save, put money into superannuation, you will never find a better savings vehicle.

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

Our system of government is one of checks and balances. It requires compromise.. compromise between the Executive and the Parliament, compromise between one House and another, compromise between the States and the Commonwealth and compromise between groups of persons with legitimate interests and other groups with other legitimate interests. There is room for compromise.. indeed demand for it.. in a system of checks and balances.

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.

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