Now, I know that there are some Aboriginal people who aren’t happy with Australia Day. For them it remains Invasion Day. I think a better view is the view of Noel Pearson, who has said that Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country’s British Heritage.

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

You cannot win an election without a fight

I am, as you know, hugely unconvinced by the so-called settled science on climate change.

I'm a politician. I'm not going to get into a whole range of scientific argument with scientists.

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

If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth.