Why isn’t the fact that 100,000 women choose to end their pregnancies regarded as a national tragedy approaching the scale, say, of Aboriginal life expectancy being 20 years less than that of the general community?

I am, as you know, hugely unconvinced by the so-called settled science on climate change.

I think we've produced a stronger prohibition on real racism, while maintaining freedom of speech in ordinary public discussion. So I'm very comfortable with where we're at. We're not dogmatic or impervious to a further argument, that's why we released it as an exposure draft rather than simply releasing it straight into the parliament.

We shouldn't be willy-nilly creating potential human life just to satisfy the urges of the scientific community.

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

I'm focused on doing the job the treasurer should do.I don't respond to gossip.

We've got to maintain freedom of navigation of the seas and in the air.