I am in favour of the notion of Australia as an immigrant society

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.

I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning.

Abortion is the easy way out. It’s hardly surprising that people should choose the most convenient exit from awkward situations.

We accept that sometimes in difficult circumstances, difficult things happen.

Jesus knew that there was a place for everything and it’s not necessarily everyone’s place to come to Australia.

No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.

We just can’t stop people from being homeless if that’s their choice.

I'm focused on doing the job the treasurer should do.I don't respond to gossip.

Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country's British heritage

The last thing Australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty.

I've always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty.

I love theater. I love sitting in an audience and having the actors right there, playing out what it means to be a human being.

I'd rather be more of the hippie country chick - as in, instead of pointing a finger, just maybe saying, 'We're all screw-ups. We're all in this kind of together. We're all just figuring this out.'

The wise does not think that only he is right -thus he knows the truth.

However gnawing a deficiency, satiety is worse... We are meant to be hungry.

I love research. I'd go so far as to say I'm a research fanatic.

I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection.

As soon as a women gets to an age where she has opinions and she's vital and she's strong, she's systematically shamed into hiding under a rock.

I didn't read the book on how to be a well-adjusted celebrity.

I don't read many business books. I read good fiction. Business is about people, so my favorite business books are anything by Dickens.