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

We are naturally reluctant as a peace-loving people to reach out to far-away conflicts but, as we know, this conflict has been reaching out to us for months now.

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

A government that says what it means, and means what it says.

Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.

Part of my role, I suppose, is to run government business in the House of Representatives, and try to ensure that people know exactly what's going on in the Chamber is an important part of that.

We cannot suffer a person by his affidavit to arraign the whole justice of the country and its administration.