The political bug first bit me was Malcolm Fraser's resignation from the Gorton Government.

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.

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

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.

What am I supposed to call you?""Your Royal Husbandness. It's required by law, I'm afraid.

Courage is just dreams with shoes on.

They may be a little more high brow than we are.

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich.

I've begun to wonder if we wouldn't also regard spelunkers as desperate criminals if AT&T owned all the caves.

All my life, I'd been around men. That night, I discovered the tenderness of a woman.

What I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts, not react with your heart.

Most people over estimate others talents and underestimate their own.

For those of you that never saw the Small Faces live, this is as close as you're gonna get

Glamour is translucent — not transparent, not opaque. It invites us into the world but it doesn’t give us a completely clear picture.