To move past fear is a cliche.

There may not be a great job for [Aboriginal people] but whatever there is, they just have to do it, and if it’s picking up rubbish around the community, it just has to be done.

We've got to maintain freedom of navigation of the seas and in the air.

We just can’t stop people from being homeless if that’s their choice.

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

Now, I know that there are some Aboriginal people who aren’t happy with Australia Day. For them it remains Invasion Day. I think a better view is the view of Noel Pearson, who has said that Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country’s British Heritage.

Do we really want to invest $50 billion of hard earned taxpayers money in what is essentially a video entertainment system?