We've Got To Get The System Right.

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.

The Media - And I'm Not Blaming Them - Obviously Like To Seize On The Differences Between People And, Sure, There Are Some Senior Members Of The Government Who Are In A Slightly Different Philosophical Space To Mine. But Do Not Underestimate The Substantial Single-mindedness Of This Government.

There Are Tens, Perhaps Hundreds Of Millions Of People Living In Poverty And Danger Who Might Readily Seek To Enter A Western Country If The Opportunity Is There.

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

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