Both Mum and Dad were converts to Catholicism, and normally if you convert to Catholicism you have thought about it more than someone who just grew up with it, taking it for granted.

A government that says what it means, and means what it says.

You cannot win an election without a fight

I don't think my religious convictions should be held against me.

There are no factions in the Liberal Party

Part of my role, I suppose, is to run government business in the House of Representatives, and try to ensure that people know exactly what's going on in the Chamber is an important part of that.

I am in favour of the notion of Australia as an immigrant society