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.

The only party which is going to increase taxes after the election is the Labor Party.

Australia will take more refugees from Syria in response to the growing international crisis but it will not increase the total number of asylum seekers it accepts.

I'm a politician. I'm not going to get into a whole range of scientific argument with scientists.

Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.

I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above all else, observe the first maxim of good government: namely, do no avoidable harm.

We accept that sometimes in difficult circumstances, difficult things happen.