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.

The problem with politicians getting to know the issues in indigenous townships is that we tend to suffer from what Aboriginal people call the 'seagull syndrome' - we fly in, scratch around and fly out.

Should we choose to extend our airstrikes into Syria, we will be doing this in the collective self-defence of Iraq. We would be doing this out of a responsibility to protect innocent people at risk of horrible death from the most violent people imaginable.

I am extremely unwilling that we should take upon ourselves to exercise a jurisdiction which the law does not vest in us.

The climate change argument is absolute crap

And the commitment that I've been giving to the Australian people is that there'll be no surprises and no excuses under a Coalition government.

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.