People who have put money aside on the basis of a certain set of rules shouldn't have that money raided just because government has got a problem.

The thing about social media is that it is anonymous, so it can be much more vitriolic and extreme than normal media and yet it is there for everyone to see. It is kind of like electronic graffiti. The political process is accelerated and intense in a way that I don't believe it ever really has been before.

We are a very like-minded group, the senior members of this government. The outliers are not very far away from the mainstream.

A government that says what it means, and means what it says.

I think it's time for the Prime Minister to stop making excuses and to start governing.

I do not regard myself as a Christian politician. I regard myself as a politician who just happens to think religion matters. I would be appalled, absolutely appalled, to think religion drove anyone's politics in a secular democracy like ours.

Taxes will always be lower under a Coalition government