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

We've got to get the system right. That's why we've got this root-and-branch reform under way.

Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow.

I don't think it's a very Christian thing to come in by the back door rather than the front door.

The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.

Voluntary paid maternity leave: yes; compulsory paid maternity leave: over this Government’s dead body, frankly. It just won’t happen.

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