The crime of bribery of foreign officials is an offence under the Commonwealth Criminal Code.

One of the things about federal politics is that it has been remarkably free of corruption.

I joined the Young Liberals when I was 16 and it was a good way for me to understand how the Liberal Party worked and to learn basic political skills and techniques.

The arts are part of a nation's identity, they are part of a nation's soul and when we look at a country from the eyes of people overseas they are part of a nations branding in the world as it were.

The tyranny of distance is such an important element of policy and the allocation of resources.

It is a necessary precondition for the success of a referendum that there should be broad community consensus and bipartisan support for it.

I don't really know a lot about these 'anti-protest' laws. I'm only vaguely aware of them, but I don't have enough detailed knowledge about them to comment.

I was President of the Queensland Young Liberals in 1981.

I was interested in politics since the age of 14.

There have been 44 constitutional referenda in Australia and only eight have succeeded.

The modern Australia, the Australia of the 21st Century, Malcolm Turnbull's Australia has nothing to do with the kind of protectionist and xenophobic attitudes that Pauline Hanson represents.

If you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure then believe.

I feel like we sometimes let our emotions and anger get in the way.

All the men on my staff can type.

It is not the actual enjoyment of pleasure that we desire. What we want is to test the futility of that pleasure, so as to be no longer obsessed by it.

For me, traveling and living are the same. How you travel is a symbol of your life.

Cameraphones will be rejected by corporate users.

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point from which one must begin.

Don't say random stuff. It makes me do random things

Clearly, when you win everything, it's fun. That doesn't necessarily mean you love the game more.