We will act to build a better world. We always have, we always will. We will act to lend a helping hand, not just here but wherever we humanly can.

A bit of body contact never hurt anyone.

It was a positive sign that the conversation took place, it's a sign of the depth of the friendship between Australia and Indonesia.

I think that people should come to Australia through the front door, not through the back door. If people want a migration outcome, they should go through the migration channels.

I think leadership is knowing what you want to achieve and then purposefully and sensibly taking steps to achieve it, remembering always that you have got to bring people with you if you are seeking to be a successful political leader.

We are going to be a government of no surprises and no excuses; a government which keeps its commitments and a government which is straight and candid with the Australian people and that's what we intend to do.

A government that understands the limits of power as well as its potential.