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

Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country's British heritage

Here we go again, a government which is making yet more excuses for yet more failure when it comes to getting our budgetary situation right.

Faith is important to me. It's important to millions of Australians. It helps to shape who I am. It helps to shape my values. But it must never, never dictate my politics.

In drawing an inference or conclusion from facts proved, regard must always be had to the nature of the particular case, and the facility that appears to be afforded, either of explanation or contradiction. No person is to be required to explain or contradict, until enough has been proved to warrant a reasonable and just conclusion against him, in the absence of explanation or contradiction.

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

There is much to be said for an emissions trading scheme. It was, after all, the mechanism for emission reduction ultimately chosen by the Howard government.