Occupation: Australian Senator Birth: June 22, 1957
One of the things about federal politics is that it has been remarkably free of corruption..
The modern Australia, the Australia of the 21st Century, Malcolm Turnbull's Australia has nothing to do with the kind of protectionist and xenophobic….
I joined the Young Liberals when I was 16 and it was a good way for me to understand how the Liberal Party worked and to learn basic political skills….
If I could say something about Capricornia, and it came out in your previous report, there is no doubt that the end of the mining boom has led to an ….
The Coalition's message of jobs and growth is resonating very, very strongly in North and Central Queensland and one thing they're particularly fearf….
I am because the Chinese have agreed - entered into this agreement in 1997. It sets out the circumstances in which the release of a prisoner who is t….
Bill Shorten should - either knows that or at least he should know it and for him to change the conversation by proposing - by suggesting a proposal ….
There could be constitutional problems with executive detention if it is seen to be arbitrary. I didn't actually say that the NSW Government's propos….
I would say to the people of Queensland, and to all listeners around the country, is that if you want stable government in the next term of parliamen….
I wouldn't necessarily assume that because Capricornia has traditionally been a Labor seat, that it'll go back to the Labor Party this time because t….
She is not being preferenced - she's not on our preference card because Pauline Hanson's view of Australia is basically a very - it's a very old view..
That was an extremely unhelpful thing for Bill Shorten to say because those of us - and as the Attorney-General I've been closely involved in this al….
We must break out of this mindset in Australia that we are a small nation on the other side of the world from the main, great Western nations. Austra….
Well everyone's careers is a series of steps, but being the President of the Young Liberals or the President of a Liberal society at university is an….
It is a necessary precondition for the success of a referendum that there should be broad community consensus and bipartisan support for it..
Abdul Nacer Benbrika's sentence doesn't expire, I'm told, until 2021, but I think it would be invidious for me as the Attorney-General to talk about ….
I'm confident as a supporter of same sex marriage, I'm confident that there'll be a yes vote in that plebiscite, and that the parliament will then mo….
A dining club which I was involved in at Oxford University invited Sir Isaiah Berlin to dinner, who I believe was probably the greatest liberal philo….
The [Maicolm] Turnbull government's position on this is perfectly clear. We believe that there should be a plebiscite so that all Australians can hav….
This is a very practical discussion about the fact that one of the largest coal companies in the world, Adani, wants to build one of the, develop one….
This is an issue that the Prime Minister put on the COAG agenda. First of all, it is something that would only apply in an extreme case where the ser….