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

If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia.

I think that it's high time that the Prime Minister stopped making excuses for bad policy and started listening to the forgotten families of Australia.

I'm confident that there are plenty of people who have the strength of character and the presence of mind to warn me of difficulties and alert me to opportunities.

I am a model of positivity compared to the kinds of vitriol, the kinds of destructive criticisms that Labor members of parliament have been making of each other.

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

I'm a politician. I'm not going to get into a whole range of scientific argument with scientists.