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.

A government that understands the limits of power as well as its potential.

Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.

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.

If you want to put a price on carbon why not just do it with a simple tax?

In Australia’s biggest cities, public transport is generally slow, expensive, not especially reliable and still hideous drain on the public purse. Part of the problem is inefficient, overmanned, union-dominated government run train and bus systems. Mostly though, …there just aren’t enough people wanting to go from a particular place to a particular destination at a particular time to justify any vehicle larger than a car, and cars need roads.

If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth.