I'm confident that there are plenty of people who have the strength of character and the presence of mind to warn me of difficulties and alert me to opportunities.

I was pointing out the depth of the friendship between Australia and Indonesia and the fact that Australia has been there for Indonesia when Indonesia has been in difficulty.

I also think that if you want to put a price on carbon, why not just do it with a simple tax? Why not ask motorists to pay more, why not ask electricity consumers to pay more and then at the end of the year you can take your invoices to the tax office and get a rebate of the carbon tax you've paid

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

Western civilisation came to this country in 1788 and I'm proud of that...

Taxes will always be lower under a Coalition government

I am extremely unwilling that we should take upon ourselves to exercise a jurisdiction which the law does not vest in us.