There are tens, perhaps hundreds of millions of people living in poverty and danger who might readily seek to enter a Western country if the opportunity is there.

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.

He thought of her often, and he missed the companionship they'd once shared and the friendship that had been the bedrock of their marriage at its best.

our feet are grape-squashed in memoriesour skins are still flushedfrom the touch of summer’s lips.

If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.

Tracy Morgan is subdued. I'm cool. I'm chilled out.

An excuse is a skin of a reason stuffed with a lie.

[Christianity] existed and flourishes, not only without the support of human laws, but in spite of every opposition from them.

...there's no reason why scholarship can't be as seriously playful as bubble-blowing.

If I have to give up good fashion for a relationship, I don't want a relationship.

Beneath the Sacred Host, Christ is contained, the Redeemer of the world

I dont look for good-news stories or bad-news stories.