The problem with the Australian practice of abortion is that an objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother’s convenience.
People who have put money aside on the basis of a certain set of rules shouldn’t have that money raided just because government has got a problem.
I think it’s time for the Prime Minister to stop making excuses and to start governing.
I’m not saying that people on welfare don’t contribute in their own way, but as many as possible should be encouraged to be economically active as well as socially and culturally active.
If you want to put a price on carbon why not just do it with a simple tax.
It is very important for our long-term economic future that the relationship with Japan, Korea and China, who are our three biggest trading partners, be ever stronger.
I’ve always been very wary of debates involving women.
If people are going to do things which have certain consequences that they would rather avoid, they should do whatever they need to avoid the consequences.
I think that people should come to Australia through the front door, not through the back door. If people want a migration outcome, they should go through the migration channels.
Even potential human life needs to be treated with great respect.
I just think that this whole issue of creating potential human life, not to give life, but to give the scientists a bit more of a leg-up, is fraught with danger.
The quality of government, I suppose, is determined not by what happens, but by how you react to what happens.
Australia will take more refugees from Syria in response to the growing international crisis but it will not increase the total number of asylum seekers it accepts.
Part of my role, I suppose, is to run government business in the House of Representatives, and try to ensure that people know exactly what’s going on in the Chamber is an important part of that.
I don’t think that my particular religious convictions should be held against me in this campaign any more than the Prime Minister’s lack of convictions should be held against her.
A bit of body contact never hurt anyone.
They’ve changed the salesman but they haven’t changed the product.
I am a model of positivity compared to the kinds of vitriol, the kinds of destructive criticisms that Labor members of parliament have been making of each other.
A midnight knock on the door followed by execution is no way a leader should be treated.
We will be a consultative, collegial government. No surprises, no excuses. That’s what you’ll get under the Coalition.