It is very important for our long-term economic future that the relationship with Japan, Korea and China, who are our three biggest trading partners, be ever stronger.

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

If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth.

I think that it's high time that the Prime Minister stopped making excuses for bad policy and started listening to the forgotten families of Australia.

Another big problem with any Australian emissions reduction scheme is that it would not make a material difference to atmospheric carbon concentrations unless the big international polluters had similar schemes.

I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics.

To move past fear is a cliche.