When the world is in trouble, Australia responds. Australia is a good, global citizen.

I also think that if you want to put a price on carbon, why not just do it with a simple tax? Why not ask motorists to pay more, why not ask electricity consumers to pay more and then at the end of the year you can take your invoices to the tax office and get a rebate of the carbon tax you've paid

The only thing I wouldn't do is sell my arse.

I do enjoy exercise, not because I am an exercise junkie but because it's terrific stress release.

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.

What will most certainly happen is that there will be very clear and full communication between the government and independents and minor parties. The precise mechanisms will evolve over time, but we certainly intend to keep the minor parties and the independents very much in the loop. We have to if we want our legislative agenda to have a reasonable chance of success and that's what we intend to do.

More excuses for more failures.