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 am extremely unwilling that we should take upon ourselves to exercise a jurisdiction which the law does not vest in us.

Today, we have got more excuses from the government.

I don't bring religion into the square.

People who have put money aside on the basis of a certain set of rules shouldn't have that money raided just because government has got a problem.

Do we really want to invest $50 billion of hard earned taxpayers money in what is essentially a video entertainment system?

I'm confident that there are plenty of people who have the strength of character and the presence of mind to warn me of difficulties and alert me to opportunities.