I don't think it's a very Christian thing to come in by the back door rather than the front door.

I think there is no doubt that the advent of 24/7 news channels, which are voracious in their demand for constant new content, has accelerated the political process. The rise of social media, in addition to talkback, I think has intensified the political process.

Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.

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

There will be no surprises, there will be no excuses, we will do what we've said we will do.

Now, I know that there are some Aboriginal people who aren’t happy with Australia Day. For them it remains Invasion Day. I think a better view is the view of Noel Pearson, who has said that Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country’s British Heritage.

The problem with the Australian practice of abortion is that an objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother’s convenience.