I'm focused on doing the job the treasurer should do.I don't respond to gossip.

We cannot suffer a person by his affidavit to arraign the whole justice of the country and its administration.

Labor has come out with a series of proposals to increase taxes, including taxes on people across Australia saving for their retirement, he has actually identified so far zero dollars in spending reductions.

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

You cannot win an election without a fight

I am a model of positivity compared to the kinds of vitriol, the kinds of destructive criticisms that Labor members of parliament have been making of each other.

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