Western civilisation came to this country in 1788 and I'm proud of that...

This is a government which is proposing to put at risk our manufacturing industry, to penalise struggling families, to make a tough situation worse for millions of households right around Australia. And for what? To make not a scrap of difference to the environment any time in the next 1000 years.

The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.

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

We can't conclusively say whether man-made carbon dioxide emissions are contributing to climate change.

I'm still getting my exercise at five o'clock in the morning, that's good. So far I've managed to hold on to a bike ride on Saturday or Sunday morning, probably at least two weekends out of three.

More excuses for more failures.