A presumption of any fact is, properly, an inferring of that fact from other facts that are known; it is an act of reasoning; and much of human knowledge on all subjects is derived from this source.

Every prime minister has a whole series of networks, and there are official formal networks and there are unofficial informal networks. I'm lucky in that I have good official formal networks, starting with my own office, the leadership group, the cabinet and the party room.

There's always a lot happening. I mean, that's the thing about politics: it's just one damn thing after another!

There will be no overall increase in the tax burden whatsoever.

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.

Mates help each other; they do not tax each other.

What will most certainly happen is that there will be very clear and full communication between the government and independents and minor parties. The precise mechanisms will evolve over time, but we certainly intend to keep the minor parties and the independents very much in the loop. We have to if we want our legislative agenda to have a reasonable chance of success and that's what we intend to do.