We have already provided a strong humanitarian response to the problems in the Middle East and that response will be stronger within coming days.

I don't think that my particular religious convictions should be held against me in this campaign any more than the Prime Minister's lack of convictions should be held against her.

We shouldn't be willy-nilly creating potential human life just to satisfy the urges of the scientific community.

In the era of mobile phones and emails, you're no more out of the loop in China than you are in Sydney.

No cuts to health , no cuts to education, no cuts to pensions.

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.

We just can’t stop people from being homeless if that’s their choice.