I Am In Favour Of The Notion

A Presumption Of Any Fact Is, Properly, An Inferring Of That Fact From Other Facts That Are Known; It Is An Act Of Reasoning; And Much Of Human Knowledge On All Subjects Is Derived From This Source.

There Will Be No Surprises, There Will Be No Excuses, We Will Do What We've Said We Will Do.

I Was A Very Senior Minister In The Howard Government And I Sat Around This Particular Table [in The Prime Ministerial Office] In Many Discussions. The Difference Between Being A Senior Minister And The Prime Minister Is That Ultimately The Buck Does Stop With The Prime Minister And In The End The Prime Minister Has To Make Those Critical Judgement Calls And That's The Big Difference.

No Country Or Continent Can Open Its Borders To All Comers Without Fundamentally Weakening Itself And This Is The Risk That The Countries Of Europe Run Through Misguided Altruism.

It Is A Very Heavy Responsibility [to Be A Prime-minister] To Make, But Someone Has To Make It For Our Country And I Am Thrilled And Honoured To Have That Opportunity And That Responsibility.