I Don't Think It's A Very Christian

If I Was In A Refugee Camp Somewhere On The Pakistani Border, Of Course I'd Want To Come To Australia.

What I Would Like To See Is Sufficiently Good Education And Health Services Being Delivered To Aboriginal People So That They Are Prepared And Ready To Leave And Join The Economic Mainstream If That's Their Choice.

I Instinctively Try To Protect People From Filth.

I Was A Very Senior Minister In The Howard Government And I Sat Around This Particular Table [in The Prime Ministerial Office] In Many Discussions. The Difference Between Being A Senior Minister And The Prime Minister Is That Ultimately The Buck Does Stop With The Prime Minister And In The End The Prime Minister Has To Make Those Critical Judgement Calls And That's The Big Difference.

Most Of The People Who Are Coming To Australia By Boat Have Passed Through Several Countries On The Way, And If They Simply Wanted Asylum They Could Have Claimed That In Any Of The Countries Through Which They'd Passed.