The Liberal Party has dealt with the spill motion and now this matter is behind us, we think that when you elect a government, when you elect a prime minister, you deserve to keep that government and that prime minister until you have a chance to change your mind.

I think that it's high time that the Prime Minister stopped making excuses for bad policy and started listening to the forgotten families of Australia.

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

A government that understands the limits of power as well as its potential.

I do enjoy exercise, not because I am an exercise junkie but because it's terrific stress release.

The media - and I'm not blaming them - obviously like to seize on the differences between people and, sure, there are some senior members of the government who are in a slightly different philosophical space to mine. But do not underestimate the substantial single-mindedness of this government.

Certainly, my uni days involved some statements that I wouldn't make today.