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

I also think that if you want to put a price on carbon, why not just do it with a simple tax? Why not ask motorists to pay more, why not ask electricity consumers to pay more and then at the end of the year you can take your invoices to the tax office and get a rebate of the carbon tax you've paid

We are a very like-minded group, the senior members of this government. The outliers are not very far away from the mainstream.

I want to make it clear that I do not judge or condemn any woman who has had an abortion, but every abortion is a tragedy and up to 100,000 abortions a year is this generation's legacy of unutterable shame.

To move past fear is a cliche.

I do enjoy exercise, not because I am an exercise junkie but because it's terrific stress release.

I'm not saying that people on welfare don't contribute in their own way, but as many as possible should be encouraged to be economically active as well as socially and culturally active.