The Only Thing I Wouldn't Do Is

Every Prime Minister Has A Whole Series Of Networks, And There Are Official Formal Networks And There Are Unofficial Informal Networks. I'm Lucky In That I Have Good Official Formal Networks, Starting With My Own Office, The Leadership Group, The Cabinet And The Party Room.

And A Government That Accepts That It Will Be Judged More By Its Deeds Than By Its Mere Words.

I Think There Is No Doubt That The Advent Of 24/7 News Channels, Which Are Voracious In Their Demand For Constant New Content, Has Accelerated The Political Process. The Rise Of Social Media, In Addition To Talkback, I Think Has Intensified The Political Process.

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.

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.