The Last Thing Australia Needs

Abortion Is The Easy Way Out. It’s Hardly Surprising That People Should Choose The Most Convenient Exit From Awkward Situations.

The One Thing That Has Changed Dramatically When You Talk To The People Of New Zealand And People From Ireland? They Feel A Darned-sight Better About Themselves Because They Made The Decision To Do What They've Done, And I Can Say To You, We Would Feel A Bloody Darned Sight Better About Ourselves Once We Get An Opportunity To Put This [vote On Same-sex Marriage] Out There.

Most Of The People Who Are Coming To Australia By Boat Have Passed Through Several Countries On The Way, And If They Simply Wanted Asylum They Could Have Claimed That In Any Of The Countries Through Which They'd Passed.

The Fact Is That I'm Interested In Getting On With My Job Of Holding The Government To Account And I Think That The Government Should Get On With The Job Of Effectively Running The Country And Not Making Excuses For Poor Performance, Not Lowering Expectations. Their Job Is To Deliver On Their Election Commitments.

It Is Very Important For Our Long-term Economic Future That The Relationship With Japan, Korea And China, Who Are Our Three Biggest Trading Partners, Be Ever Stronger.