It Is Fit That Justice Should Be

I Mean There Are Many, Many People In All Sorts Of Different Countries Who Don't Have A Great Life, Who Are Subject To Injustice. Are We Obliged To Take All Of Them Who Come Here? I Think The Answer Is 'not Necessarily.'

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.

This Is A Government Which Is Proposing To Put At Risk Our Manufacturing Industry, To Penalise Struggling Families, To Make A Tough Situation Worse For Millions Of Households Right Around Australia. And For What? To Make Not A Scrap Of Difference To The Environment Any Time In The Next 1000 Years.

Australia Would Play Its Role In Taking Displaced People From The Syrian Conflict.

I Am Extremely Unwilling That We Should Take Upon Ourselves To Exercise A Jurisdiction Which The Law Does Not Vest In Us.