Any Sort Of Political Correctness Needs To

Over The Christmas Period, I Spent Time With Both Bob Hawke And Paul Keating, And You Listen To Stories And Tales Of How Hard It Can Be When It's Really Hard, And I Think We Easily All Talk Ourselves Into The Proposition That It's Never Been As Hard As This. Well It's Been Hard In The Past. It's Been Really Hard. So You Keep Doing It And, The More You Do It, The More You Gain Strength And Confidence That You Can Do It.

We Are Constantly Being Told That We've Never Been Wealthier. And Many Of Us Are. On Average We All Are. But That's Just The Problem.. No One Is Average.

Here In Australia We Do Get Impacted By Global Economic Events. But We Should Have Some Confidence That Our Economy Has Got Strong Underlying Fundamentals.

I'm On The Record As Saying Things Like I Think It's Important For People To Understand Their Bible Stories, Not Because I'm An Advocate Of Religion - Clearly, I'm Not - But Once Again, What Comes From The Bible Has Formed Such An Important Part Of Our Culture.

I Don't Rule Out The Possibility Of Legislating A Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, A Market-based Mechanism.