I think that it's high time that the Prime Minister stopped making excuses for bad policy and started listening to the forgotten families of Australia.

Abortion is the easy way out. It’s hardly surprising that people should choose the most convenient exit from awkward situations.

You cannot win an election without a fight

I think leadership is knowing what you want to achieve and then purposefully and sensibly taking steps to achieve it, remembering always that you have got to bring people with you if you are seeking to be a successful political leader.

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

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.

Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.