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

We will be a consultative, collegial government. No surprises, no excuses. That's what you'll get under the Coalition.

When the world is in trouble, Australia responds. Australia is a good, global citizen.

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

I think that the best things that governments can do for productivity is not whack on new taxes and, if we can get institutions like schools and hospitals functioning better, well that's obviously good for the overall productiveness of our society.

We can't conclusively say whether man-made carbon dioxide emissions are contributing to climate change.