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.

When politicians complain about the media, it strikes me as resembling footballers complaining about the umpire.

The the relationship between the prime minister and the monarch is very much a personal one and when it comes to the constitution of the Order of Australia, which is headed by the monarch, this is governed by letters patent, which are a matter between the prime minister and the monarch.

The climate change argument is absolute crap

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.

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.

The sky is where mathematics and magic become one.