The quality of government, I suppose, is determined not by what happens, but by how you react to what happens.

A midnight knock on the door followed by execution is no way a leader should be treated.

I can't promise that I won't continue to embarrass people.

I think it's time for the Prime Minister to stop making excuses and to start governing.

There is much to be said for an emissions trading scheme. It was, after all, the mechanism for emission reduction ultimately chosen by the Howard government.

Prima facie, every estate, whether given by will or otherwise, is supposed to be beneficial to the party to whom it is so given.

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