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I Think All Senior Politicians Tend To Be Rather More Subtle Then The Commentators Would Have It. It Is A Natural Tendency For Human Beings To Try To Classify. We All Have This Classification Urge - So And So Is Such And Such, That Person Is In That Camp - But Look, Most Sophisticated People Defy Stereotype.

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.

I Do Not Regard Myself As A Christian Politician. I Regard Myself As A Politician Who Just Happens To Think Religion Matters. I Would Be Appalled, Absolutely Appalled, To Think Religion Drove Anyone's Politics In A Secular Democracy Like Ours.

Even Potential Human Life Needs To Be Treated With Great Respect.

I Can't Promise That I Won't Continue To Embarrass People.