I don't think that my particular religious convictions should be held against me in this campaign any more than the Prime Minister's lack of convictions should be held against her.

I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics.

More excuses for more failures.

I'm not running for canonisation.

I think leadership is knowing what you want to achieve and then purposefully and sensibly taking steps to achieve it, remembering always that you have got to bring people with you if you are seeking to be a successful political leader.

We've got to get the system right. That's why we've got this root-and-branch reform under way.

The last thing Australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty.