I think anything which improves services is in principle a good thing.

I think that people should come to Australia through the front door, not through the back door. If people want a migration outcome, they should go through the migration channels.

In drawing an inference or conclusion from facts proved, regard must always be had to the nature of the particular case, and the facility that appears to be afforded, either of explanation or contradiction. No person is to be required to explain or contradict, until enough has been proved to warrant a reasonable and just conclusion against him, in the absence of explanation or contradiction.

Should we choose to extend our airstrikes into Syria, we will be doing this in the collective self-defence of Iraq. We would be doing this out of a responsibility to protect innocent people at risk of horrible death from the most violent people imaginable.

The role of CO2 is not nearly as clear as the climate catastrophists would suggest.

Part of my role, I suppose, is to run government business in the House of Representatives, and try to ensure that people know exactly what's going on in the Chamber is an important part of that.

It was a positive sign that the conversation took place, it's a sign of the depth of the friendship between Australia and Indonesia.