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.

The only thing I wouldn't do is sell my arse.

The argument [behind climate change] is absolute crap. However, the politics of this are tough for us. Eighty per cent of people believe climate change is a real and present danger.

I'm not really managing the work-life balance, I'm just accepting that the work increases and the ordinary life has to decrease when you're the prime minister.

I was pointing out the depth of the friendship between Australia and Indonesia and the fact that Australia has been there for Indonesia when Indonesia has been in difficulty.

I want to run a government, Barnaby wants to be part of a government, which is characterized by the motto if you like, no surprises, no excuses. That will be the motto of an incoming Coalition government. No surprises, no excuses.

The problem with the Australian practice of abortion is that an objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother’s convenience.