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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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