The Australian public are very fair and they are always prepared to give the leader of a major political party a fair go.

I have close family members as well as lots of close friends who are gay. Many of them strongly support gay marriage.

Do we really want to invest $50 billion of hard earned taxpayers money in what is essentially a video entertainment system?

The smart way to improve broadband is not to junk the existing network but to make the most of it. It’s to let a competitive market deliver the speeds that people need at an affordable price with government improving infrastructure in the areas where market competition won’t deliver it.

The argument [behind climate change] is absolute crap. However, the politics of this are tough for us. Eighty per cent of people believe climate change is a real and present danger.

My mum and mad were both very generous, encouraging parents.

If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia.