We will be a consultative, collegial government. No surprises, no excuses. That's what you'll get under the Coalition.

The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.

And the commitment that I've been giving to the Australian people is that there'll be no surprises and no excuses under a Coalition government.

I'm not really managing the work-life balance, I'm just accepting that the work increases and the ordinary life has to decrease when you're the prime minister.

I was pointing out the depth of the friendship between Australia and Indonesia and the fact that Australia has been there for Indonesia when Indonesia has been in difficulty.

I try to treat people as people and not put them in pigeonholes.

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