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.

Whether carbon dioxide is quite the environmental villain that some people make it out to be is not yet proven.

When the world is in trouble, Australia responds. Australia is a good, global citizen.

No cuts to health , no cuts to education, no cuts to pensions.

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

We are going to be a government of no surprises and no excuses; a government which keeps its commitments and a government which is straight and candid with the Australian people and that's what we intend to do.

For small business men and women, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family.