I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics.

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

In the era of mobile phones and emails, you're no more out of the loop in China than you are in Sydney.

There are some issues where ministers should come and talk to the prime minister, if the prime minister hasn't already talked to them. Any issue which a minister thinks is going to be profoundly controversial, where we do not have a clear existing position, it is important that there be a conversation between the minister and the prime minister. I think they all understand that and I think it is working very well.

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

I think that the best things that governments can do for productivity is not whack on new taxes and, if we can get institutions like schools and hospitals functioning better, well that's obviously good for the overall productiveness of our society.

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