I instinctively try to protect people from filth.

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.

The quality of government, I suppose, is determined not by what happens, but by how you react to what happens.

I want to be a very good friend to Indonesia, but there are some things which are non-negotiable. Border protection is just non-negotiable. Maintaining a strong security network is just non-negotiable. I think the Indonesians understand that.

When the world is in trouble, Australia responds. Australia is a good, global citizen.

There are no factions in the Liberal Party

We have already provided a strong humanitarian response to the problems in the Middle East and that response will be stronger within coming days.