You cannot win an election without a fight

It is very important for our long-term economic future that the relationship with Japan, Korea and China, who are our three biggest trading partners, be ever stronger.

I'm not running for canonisation.

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

Australia would play its role in taking displaced people from the Syrian conflict.

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

I'm focused on doing the job the treasurer should do.I don't respond to gossip.