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

Tony Abbott's books are so amazing!

I've always avoided those sorts of self-assessments because if you give yourself a 10 out of 10 people think you're a big head, if you give yourself a 6 out of 10 they think you're plagued with self-doubt, so I'm just not going to rate myself.

I do not regard myself as a Christian politician. I regard myself as a politician who just happens to think religion matters. I would be appalled, absolutely appalled, to think religion drove anyone's politics in a secular democracy like ours.

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

We are about getting things done. We are not about the blame game. We are not about making excuses.

Well, I'm not saying that an emissions tax is ever going to be good policy.