And the commitment that I've been giving to the Australian people is that there'll be no surprises and no excuses under a Coalition government.

There is one fundamental message that we want to go out from this place to every nook and cranny of our country: There should be no new tax collection without an election.

I mean there are many, many people in all sorts of different countries who don't have a great life, who are subject to injustice. Are we obliged to take all of them who come here? I think the answer is 'Not necessarily.'

My mum and mad were both very generous, encouraging parents.

You cannot win an election without a fight

People who have put money aside on the basis of a certain set of rules shouldn't have that money raided just because government has got a problem.

No senior politician can expect to have work-life balance. I'm afraid there are some jobs for which work-life balance inevitably goes out the window. If you want work-life balance you just have to accept that you can't be a senior member of a government, or for that matter a senior member of an opposition.