I think that marriage is, dare I say it, between a man and a woman, hopefully for life and there are all sorts of other relationships which should be acknowledged and recognised, but I don't know that they can be recognised as marriage.

Labor has come out with a series of proposals to increase taxes, including taxes on people across Australia saving for their retirement, he has actually identified so far zero dollars in spending reductions.

We shouldn't be willy-nilly creating potential human life just to satisfy the urges of the scientific community.

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

The Australian public are very fair and they are always prepared to give the leader of a major political party a fair go.

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

I was pointing out the depth of the friendship between Australia and Indonesia and the fact that Australia has been there for Indonesia when Indonesia has been in difficulty.