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.

Faith is important to me. It's important to millions of Australians. It helps to shape who I am. It helps to shape my values. But it must never, never dictate my politics.

If you want to put a price on carbon why not just do it with a simple tax?

The the relationship between the prime minister and the monarch is very much a personal one and when it comes to the constitution of the Order of Australia, which is headed by the monarch, this is governed by letters patent, which are a matter between the prime minister and the monarch.

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

The climate change argument is absolute crap

A midnight knock on the door followed by execution is no way a leader should be treated.