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

We are looking at what more we can do. As well as a strong security response we need a strong humanitarian one.

To move past fear is a cliche.

We are about getting things done. We are not about the blame game. We are not about making excuses.

No cuts to health , no cuts to education, no cuts to pensions.

There is much to be said for an emissions trading scheme. It was, after all, the mechanism for emission reduction ultimately chosen by the Howard government.

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.