The the relationship between the prime minister and the monarch is very much a personal one and when it comes to the constitution of the Order of Australia, which is headed by the monarch, this is governed by letters patent, which are a matter between the prime minister and the monarch.

We cannot suffer a person by his affidavit to arraign the whole justice of the country and its administration.

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.

I was a very senior minister in the Howard government and I sat around this particular table [in the prime ministerial office] in many discussions. The difference between being a senior minister and the prime minister is that ultimately the buck does stop with the prime minister and in the end the prime minister has to make those critical judgement calls and that's the big difference.

We've got to maintain freedom of navigation of the seas and in the air.

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

Prima facie, every estate, whether given by will or otherwise, is supposed to be beneficial to the party to whom it is so given.