The measure in the budget in relation to parental leave pay is based on a simple proposition. Most women across Australia have access to one scheme funded by the taxpayer. Some women have access to two schemes and that's great.

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.

Our police, our hard-working police, that our extraordinarily committed and dedicated military personnel, I'm really pleased that they are getting a good paid parental leave scheme.

We are about getting things done. We are not about the blame game. We are not about making excuses.

We have already provided a strong humanitarian response to the problems in the Middle East and that response will be stronger within coming days.

We will be a consultative, collegial government. No surprises, no excuses. That's what you'll get under the Coalition.

Taxes will always be lower under a Coalition government