Abortion is the easy way out. It’s hardly surprising that people should choose the most convenient exit from awkward situations.

The only thing I wouldn't do is sell my arse.

There will be no surprises, there will be no excuses, we will do what we've said we will do.

Every prime minister has a whole series of networks, and there are official formal networks and there are unofficial informal networks. I'm lucky in that I have good official formal networks, starting with my own office, the leadership group, the cabinet and the party room.

If you don't want to work weekends, don't.

Whether carbon dioxide is quite the environmental villain that some people make it out to be is not yet proven.

I think that people should come to Australia through the front door, not through the back door. If people want a migration outcome, they should go through the migration channels.