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.

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

There is much to be said for an emissions trading scheme. It was, after all, the mechanism for emission reduction ultimately chosen by the Howard government.

There are tens, perhaps hundreds of millions of people living in poverty and danger who might readily seek to enter a Western country if the opportunity is there.

When politicians complain about the media, it strikes me as resembling footballers complaining about the umpire.

Taxes will always be lower under a Coalition government

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