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.

All of the people who are using their BlackBerries or their iPhones, Facebook, all of the people who are sitting in cafes and hotels rooms doing their work, they're all using wireless technology, and we shouldn't assume that the only way of the future is high speed cable.

It is a very heavy responsibility [to be a prime-minister] to make, but someone has to make it for our country and I am thrilled and honoured to have that opportunity and that responsibility.

So, my friends, in a week or so the Governor-General will swear in a new government.

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

Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow.

I have close family members as well as lots of close friends who are gay. Many of them strongly support gay marriage.