Politicians Come In Three Varieties: Straight Men,

Well, Frenetic Activity In The End Suiting Journos, Running At The Behest Of Little Press Secretaries Does Not Pay Off.

You See, Before I Became Prime Minister, The Australian Prime Minister Only Attended Ever Two Meetings In The World: The British Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting And The South Pacific Forum.

In The End, Rational Policy Is Always Good.

A Familiar Question For Australians Is How Much We Are A Product Of Our Circumstances, And How Much We Are What We Have Made Ourselves To Be. In Truth, By The Act Of Migration The Country Was Made: By That Voluntary Act And By The Emigrants' Ambitions It Was Built.

If This Government Cannot Get The Adjustment, Get Manufacturing Going Again, And Keep Moderate Wage Outcomes And A Sensible Economic Policy, Then Australia Is Basically Done For. We Will End Up Being A Third Rate Economy... A Banana Republic.