Certainly, my uni days involved some statements that I wouldn't make today.

There are no factions in the Liberal Party

The Australian public are very fair and they are always prepared to give the leader of a major political party a fair go.

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

All of the people who are using their BlackBerries or their iPhones, Facebook, all of the people who are sitting in cafes and hotels rooms doing their work, they're all using wireless technology, and we shouldn't assume that the only way of the future is high speed cable.

I'm confident that there are plenty of people who have the strength of character and the presence of mind to warn me of difficulties and alert me to opportunities.

Our police, our hard-working police, that our extraordinarily committed and dedicated military personnel, I'm really pleased that they are getting a good paid parental leave scheme.