I think it's time for the Prime Minister to stop making excuses and to start governing.

And the commitment that I've been giving to the Australian people is that there'll be no surprises and no excuses under a Coalition government.

You cannot win an election without a fight

We are naturally reluctant as a peace-loving people to reach out to far-away conflicts but, as we know, this conflict has been reaching out to us for months now.

I'm still getting my exercise at five o'clock in the morning, that's good. So far I've managed to hold on to a bike ride on Saturday or Sunday morning, probably at least two weekends out of three.

There'll be some savings from preventing double dipping by public servants which are currently able to access not one but two fully tax payer funded schemes and of course there will be out paid parental leave levy. So all up not only is this an important economic reform, an important reform to have to grow our economy more strongly, it also will leave the budget better off which will help us fix the mess that Labor has created with the budget.

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