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" Once people come to Australia, they join the team. "

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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. "

" 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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" 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. "

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

" I see myself as a social conservative, but I think that there are lots of social institutions that produce beneficial reforms, like public hospitals, for instance, and schools. "

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

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

" 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. "

" What I would like to see is sufficiently good education and health services being delivered to Aboriginal people so that they are prepared and ready to leave and join the economic mainstream if that's their choice. "

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

" I instinctively try to protect people from filth. "

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

" I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above all else, observe the first maxim of good government: namely, do no avoidable harm. "

" You cannot win an election without a fight. "

" I think leadership is knowing what you want to achieve and then purposefully and sensibly taking steps to achieve it, remembering always that you have got to bring people with you if you are seeking to be a successful political leader. "

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