I Think It's Time For The Prime

I Try To Treat People As People And Not Put Them In Pigeonholes.

No Country Or Continent Can Open Its Borders To All Comers Without Fundamentally Weakening Itself And This Is The Risk That The Countries Of Europe Run Through Misguided Altruism.

The One Thing That Has Changed Dramatically When You Talk To The People Of New Zealand And People From Ireland? They Feel A Darned-sight Better About Themselves Because They Made The Decision To Do What They've Done, And I Can Say To You, We Would Feel A Bloody Darned Sight Better About Ourselves Once We Get An Opportunity To Put This [vote On Same-sex Marriage] Out There.

What Will Most Certainly Happen Is That There Will Be Very Clear And Full Communication Between The Government And Independents And Minor Parties. The Precise Mechanisms Will Evolve Over Time, But We Certainly Intend To Keep The Minor Parties And The Independents Very Much In The Loop. We Have To If We Want Our Legislative Agenda To Have A Reasonable Chance Of Success And That's What We Intend To Do.

Oppositions Are Not There To Get Legislation Through. Oppositions Are There To Hold The Government To Account.