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.
Whether carbon dioxide is quite the environmental villain that some people make it out to be is not yet proven.
Do we really want to invest $50 billion of hard earned taxpayers money in what is essentially a video entertainment system?
Voluntary paid maternity leave: yes; compulsory paid maternity leave: over this Government’s dead body, frankly. It just won’t happen.
The role of CO2 is not nearly as clear as the climate catastrophists would suggest.
We’ve got to get the system right. That’s why we’ve got this root-and-branch reform under way.
The sky is where mathematics and magic become one.
Tony Abbott’s books are so amazing!
If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth.
Australia would play its role in taking displaced people from the Syrian conflict.
We can’t conclusively say whether man-made carbon dioxide emissions are contributing to climate change.
Another big problem with any Australian emissions reduction scheme is that it would not make a material difference to atmospheric carbon concentrations unless the big international polluters had similar schemes.
A government that says what it means, and means what it says.
Our police, our hard-working police, that our extraordinarily committed and dedicated military personnel, I’m really pleased that they are getting a good paid parental leave scheme.
The measure in the budget in relation to parental leave pay is based on a simple proposition. Most women across Australia have access to one scheme funded by the taxpayer. Some women have access to two schemes and that’s great.
Labor has come out with a series of proposals to increase taxes, including taxes on people across Australia saving for their retirement, he has actually identified so far zero dollars in spending reductions.
You know what it’s like – you see someone on the train screaming awful, racist things and think, ‘How can I protect this person’s right to free speech?
She had been forced to accept the idea that what was true, and what couldn’t possibly be, were ideas that depended on which life you lived – on which lives you lived.
Three days ago, Dana had been kidnapped by the Norse god Loki and trapped in the Greek Underworld.
When people make up their minds about you, they only see you one way, which is the easy way for them.
Good-bye isn’t forever.