Our police, our hard-working police, that our extraordinarily committed and dedicated military personnel, I'm really pleased that they are getting a good paid parental leave scheme.

I think that people should come to Australia through the front door, not through the back door. If people want a migration outcome, they should go through the migration channels.

I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning.

Abortion is the easy way out. It’s hardly surprising that people should choose the most convenient exit from awkward situations.

We accept that sometimes in difficult circumstances, difficult things happen.

Jesus knew that there was a place for everything and it’s not necessarily everyone’s place to come to Australia.

No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.

We just can’t stop people from being homeless if that’s their choice.

I'm focused on doing the job the treasurer should do.I don't respond to gossip.

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

The last thing Australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty.

I am neither the mind not the thought, I am its Creator.

Summer is the time for squabbles. In winter, we must protect one another, keep each other warm, share our strengths.

The wisest use of these skills is to develop habits, lives, and loves, not to use them just occasionally in single interactions.

The captain of a ship is not chosen from those of the passengers who comes from the best family.

I think the Internet was the saving grace for Public Enemy. Before that, travelling the world saved Public Enemy.

True love bears all, endures all and triumphs!

Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth.

No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world. I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker.

One thing about tourists is that it is very easy to get away from them. Like ants they follow a trail and a few yards each side of that trail there are none.

It's important to have women in leadership positions, because our experiences are different from those of the men we serve with and that helps us identify problems we can fix.