It was a positive sign that the conversation took place, it's a sign of the depth of the friendship between Australia and Indonesia.

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

Middle income families with children are Australia’s new poor

We have a strong and credible broadband policy because the man who has devised it, the man who will implement it virtually invented the Internet in this country.

What will most certainly happen is that there will be very clear and full communication between the government and independents and minor parties. The precise mechanisms will evolve over time, but we certainly intend to keep the minor parties and the independents very much in the loop. We have to if we want our legislative agenda to have a reasonable chance of success and that's what we intend to do.

The climate change argument is absolute crap

I don't think my religious convictions should be held against me.