I Try To Treat People As People

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.

If We Boost Productivity, We Can Improve Economic Growth.

For Small Business Men And Women, Less Paperwork Means Higher Profits, Boosted Sales And More Time With The Family.

I Mean There Are Many, Many People In All Sorts Of Different Countries Who Don't Have A Great Life, Who Are Subject To Injustice. Are We Obliged To Take All Of Them Who Come Here? I Think The Answer Is 'not Necessarily.'

Whether Carbon Dioxide Is Quite The Environmental Villain That Some People Make It Out To Be Is Not Yet Proven.