I Want To See An End To

What I Would Like To See Is Sufficiently Good Education And Health Services Being Delivered To Aboriginal People So That They Are Prepared And Ready To Leave And Join The Economic Mainstream If That's Their Choice.

To Move Past Fear Is A Cliche.

We've Got To Get The System Right. That's Why We've Got This Root-and-branch Reform Under Way.

There Are Some Issues Where Ministers Should Come And Talk To The Prime Minister, If The Prime Minister Hasn't Already Talked To Them. Any Issue Which A Minister Thinks Is Going To Be Profoundly Controversial, Where We Do Not Have A Clear Existing Position, It Is Important That There Be A Conversation Between The Minister And The Prime Minister. I Think They All Understand That And I Think It Is Working Very Well.

What Will Most Certainly Happen Is That There Will Be Very Clear And Full Communication Between The Government And Independents And Minor Parties. The Precise Mechanisms Will Evolve Over Time, But We Certainly Intend To Keep The Minor Parties And The Independents Very Much In The Loop. We Have To If We Want Our Legislative Agenda To Have A Reasonable Chance Of Success And That's What We Intend To Do.