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" If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia. "

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" Both Mum and Dad were converts to Catholicism, and normally if you convert to Catholicism you have thought about it more than someone who just grew up with it, taking it for granted. "

" If people are going to do things which have certain consequences that they would rather avoid, they should do whatever they need to avoid the consequences. "

" I feel a little uncomfortable at being asked the sorts of questions that other Catholics in public life tend not to be asked. "

" Most of the people who are coming to Australia by boat have passed through several countries on the way, and if they simply wanted asylum they could have claimed that in any of the countries through which they'd passed. "

" I think that people should come to Australia through the front door, not through the back door. If people want a migration outcome, they should go through the migration channels. "

" 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.' "

" I think that marriage is, dare I say it, between a man and a woman, hopefully for life and there are all sorts of other relationships which should be acknowledged and recognised, but I don't know that they can be recognised as marriage. "

" I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning. "

" I think anything which improves services is in principle a good thing. "

" Climate change is crap. "

" Now if you are condemned to life on welfare, I'm not so sure that being in a bigger welfare village is that much better than being in a smaller welfare village. "

" I am in favour of the notion of Australia as an immigrant society. "

" I do enjoy exercise, not because I am an exercise junkie but because it's terrific stress release. "

" I think my wife and my kids are incredibly good to allow me to stay in public life given that they have to cop a whole lot of collateral attention that, being human, they'd rather not get. "

" The smart way to improve broadband is not to junk the existing network but to make the most of it. It's to let a competitive market deliver the speeds that people need at an affordable price with government improving infrastructure in the areas where market competition won't deliver it. "

" The Australian public are very fair and they are always prepared to give the leader of a major political party a fair go. "

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" You try turning up in America without documents, without a visa, without a passport; you'll be treated as very, very much illegal. "

" I'm not running for canonisation. "

" I'm not saying that people on welfare don't contribute in their own way, but as many as possible should be encouraged to be economically active as well as socially and culturally active. "

" You cannot win an election without a fight. "

" For small business people, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family. "

" Faith is important to me. It's important to millions of Australians. It helps to shape who I am. It helps to shape my values. But it must never, never dictate my politics. "

" I want to see an end to sovereign risk questions over Australia. "

" Well, I'm not saying that an emissions tax is ever going to be good policy. "

" All of the people who are using their BlackBerries or their iPhones, Facebook, all of the people who are sitting in cafes and hotels rooms doing their work, they're all using wireless technology, and we shouldn't assume that the only way of the future is high speed cable. "

" We just can't stop people from being homeless if that's their choice. "

" If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth. "

" I instinctively try to protect people from filth. "

" A tax cut to compensate for a tax increase is not a cut - it's a con. "

" I have close family members as well as lots of close friends who are gay. Many of them strongly support gay marriage. "