The problem with the Australian practice of abortion is that an objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother’s convenience.

I don't think my religious convictions should be held against me.

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

Faith is important to me. It's important to millions of Australians. It helps to shape who I am. It helps to shape my values. But it must never, never dictate my politics.

There are tens, perhaps hundreds of millions of people living in poverty and danger who might readily seek to enter a Western country if the opportunity is there.

No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.

I think all senior politicians tend to be rather more subtle then the commentators would have it. It is a natural tendency for human beings to try to classify. We all have this classification urge - so and so is such and such, that person is in that camp - but look, most sophisticated people defy stereotype.