I want to run a government, Barnaby wants to be part of a government, which is characterized by the motto if you like, no surprises, no excuses. That will be the motto of an incoming Coalition government. No surprises, no excuses.

Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow.

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

I have close family members as well as lots of close friends who are gay. Many of them strongly support gay marriage.

I just think that this whole issue of creating potential human life, not to give life, but to give the scientists a bit more of a leg-up, is fraught with danger.

We are a very like-minded group, the senior members of this government. The outliers are not very far away from the mainstream.

I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above all else, observe the first maxim of good government: namely, do no avoidable harm.