I've always avoided those sorts of self-assessments because if you give yourself a 10 out of 10 people think you're a big head, if you give yourself a 6 out of 10 they think you're plagued with self-doubt, so I'm just not going to rate myself.

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.

I'm not running for canonisation.

My commitment to the forgotten families of Australia is to ease your cost of living pressure

If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth.

The only party which is going to increase taxes after the election is the Labor Party.

Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.