The problem with politicians getting to know the issues in indigenous townships is that we tend to suffer from what Aboriginal people call the 'seagull syndrome' - we fly in, scratch around and fly out.

There's a sense in which politicians can never work hard enough.

Faith is important to me. It's important to millions of Australians. It helps to shape who I am. It helps to shape my values. But it must never, never dictate my politics.

No country or continent can open its borders to all comers without fundamentally weakening itself and this is the risk that the countries of Europe run through misguided altruism.

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

Taxes will always be lower under a Coalition government

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.