I am not being negative, I am simply being factual when I say Kevin Rudd is the best friend the people smugglers have ever had

Australia will take more refugees from Syria in response to the growing international crisis but it will not increase the total number of asylum seekers it accepts.

More excuses for more failures.

Australia would play its role in taking displaced people from the Syrian conflict.

When politicians complain about the media, it strikes me as resembling footballers complaining about the umpire.

I'm not really managing the work-life balance, I'm just accepting that the work increases and the ordinary life has to decrease when you're the prime minister.

In the era of mobile phones and emails, you're no more out of the loop in China than you are in Sydney.