We've got to get the system right. That's why we've got this root-and-branch reform under way.

In respect of Indonesia, I am determined to be the best possible friend of Indonesia that I can be, consistent with my overriding duty to protect our country. We would never do anything that was damaging to Indonesia, because we want Indonesia to flourish. We want Indonesia to take its rightful place as one of the really important countries of the world, as it will, sooner or later.

The role of CO2 is not nearly as clear as the climate catastrophists would suggest.

Here we go again, a government which is making yet more excuses for yet more failure when it comes to getting our budgetary situation right.

No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.

To move past fear is a cliche.

I think it would be folly to expect that women will ever dominate or even approach equal representation in a large number of areas simply because their aptitudes, abilities and interests are different for physiological reasons.