If people are going to do things which have certain consequences that they would rather avoid, they should do whatever they need to avoid the consequences.

Here we go again, a government which is making yet more excuses for yet more failure when it comes to getting our budgetary situation right.

The one thing that has changed dramatically when you talk to the people of New Zealand and people from Ireland? They feel a darned-sight better about themselves because they made the decision to do what they've done, and I can say to you, we would feel a bloody darned sight better about ourselves once we get an opportunity to put this [vote on same-sex marriage] out there.

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

Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.

The last thing Australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty.

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