There are no factions in the Liberal Party

There's always a lot happening. I mean, that's the thing about politics: it's just one damn thing after another!

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

The Australian public are very fair and they are always prepared to give the leader of a major political party a fair go.

I am not being negative, I am simply being factual when I say Kevin Rudd is the best friend the people smugglers have ever had

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

The one thing that has changed dramatically when you talk to the people of New Zealand and people from Ireland? They feel a darned-sight better about themselves because they made the decision to do what they've done, and I can say to you, we would feel a bloody darned sight better about ourselves once we get an opportunity to put this [vote on same-sex marriage] out there.