We are naturally reluctant as a peace-loving people to reach out to far-away conflicts but, as we know, this conflict has been reaching out to us for months now.

I'm confident that there are plenty of people who have the strength of character and the presence of mind to warn me of difficulties and alert me to opportunities.

I am in favour of the notion of Australia as an immigrant society

My commitment to the forgotten families of Australia is to ease your cost of living pressure

I feel a little uncomfortable at being asked the sorts of questions that other Catholics in public life tend not to be asked.

I think it would be folly to expect that women will ever dominate or even approach equal representation in a large number of areas simply because their aptitudes, abilities and interests are different for physiological reasons.

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.