The Only Thing I Wouldn't Do Is

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.

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

This Is A Government Which Is Proposing To Put At Risk Our Manufacturing Industry, To Penalise Struggling Families, To Make A Tough Situation Worse For Millions Of Households Right Around Australia. And For What? To Make Not A Scrap Of Difference To The Environment Any Time In The Next 1000 Years.

If We're Honest, Most Of Us Would Accept That A Bad Boss Is A Little Bit Like A Bad Father Or A Bad Husband ... You Find That He Tends To Do More Good Than Harm. He Might Be A Bad Boss But At Least He's Employing Someone While He Is In Fact A Boss.

Now If You Are Condemned To Life On Welfare, I'm Not So Sure That Being In A Bigger Welfare Village Is That Much Better Than Being In A Smaller Welfare Village.