Our police, our hard-working police, that our extraordinarily committed and dedicated military personnel, I'm really pleased that they are getting a good paid parental leave scheme.

For small business men and women, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family.

You try turning up in America without documents, without a visa, without a passport; you'll be treated as very, very much illegal.

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

Climate change is crap.

I think that the best things that governments can do for productivity is not whack on new taxes and, if we can get institutions like schools and hospitals functioning better, well that's obviously good for the overall productiveness of our society.

There are some issues where ministers should come and talk to the prime minister, if the prime minister hasn't already talked to them. Any issue which a minister thinks is going to be profoundly controversial, where we do not have a clear existing position, it is important that there be a conversation between the minister and the prime minister. I think they all understand that and I think it is working very well.