We've got to get the system right. That's why we've got this root-and-branch reform under way.
Tony AbbottYou try turning up in America without documents, without a visa, without a passport; you'll be treated as very, very much illegal.
Tony AbbottThere are some issues where ministers should come and talk to the prime minister, if the prime minister hasn't already talked to them. Any issue which a minister thinks is going to be profoundly controversial, where we do not have a clear existing position, it is important that there be a conversation between the minister and the prime minister. I think they all understand that and I think it is working very well.
Tony Abbott