I come here not as a polished politician but as a woman who has had her fair share of life's knocks.

The majority of Aboriginals do not want handouts because they realise that welfare is killing them.

To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag.

Muslims are not compatible with the Australian way of life because they have a different region code

My view on issues is based on common sense, and my experience as a mother of four children, as a sole parent, and as a businesswoman running a fish and chip shop.

We are regarded as a Third World country with First World living conditions.

Present governments are encouraging separatism in Australia by providing opportunities, land, moneys and facilities available only to Aboriginals.

I do not believe that the colour of one's skin determines whether you are disadvantaged.

We must look after our own before lining the pockets of overseas countries and investors.

I won the seat of Oxley largely on an issue that has resulted in me being called a racist. That issue related to my comment that Aboriginals received more benefits than non-Aboriginals.

We have lost all our big Australian industries and icons, including Qantas when it sold 25 per cent of its shares and a controlling interest to British Airways.

You can say it too little, but you can never say, Thank You, too many times.

The two greatest plays ever written were Hamlet and Oedipus Rex, and they're both about father-son relationships.

My bitterness is not an abstract substance, it is as solid as a Christmas cake; I can cut it in slices and hand it round and there is still plenty left, for tomorrow.

Rappers should be forced to rhyme in their acceptance speeches.

The major thing I'm afraid of is being 65 and saying, 'Gee, I wish I had done this and that, and that.' I want to face old age knowing I've tried all I wanted to try.

If the community wish to have the benefit of more knowledge and intelligence in the labouring classes, it must dispense it at the public charge.

I think everyone has the potential to be creative but they have to find the avenue or avenues that work for them.

Life + a cat ... adds up to an incalculable sum.

It is not altogether a bad thing to have criminal ancestors. An arsonist grandfather may bequeath one a nose for smelling smoke.

Being patient does not mean being silent.