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

Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.

I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above all else, observe the first maxim of good government: namely, do...

Well, I’m not saying that an emissions tax is ever going to be good policy.

There are no factions in the Liberal Party.

I instinctively try to protect people from filth.

I think anything which improves services is in principle a good thing.

I do enjoy exercise, not because I am an exercise junkie but because it’s terrific stress release.

The truth is I try to take people as I find them.