If I Am Wrong And

People Who Say They're Too Busy To Have Lunch Have A False Impression Of Their Own Importance.

There Is Much In American Society Which I Admire, But I Have Long Held The View That The Absence Of An Effective Safety Net In That Country Means That Too Many Needy Citizens Fall By The Wayside. That Is Not The Path That Australia Will Tread. Nor Do We Want The Burdens Of Nanny State Paternalism That Now Weigh Down Many Economies In Europe.

I Thank All Of Those Who Weren't Born In This Country For Coming Here And Making A Contribution To Australia. We Are The Least Discriminatory Country In The World, In My View.

The 'black Armband' View Of Our History Reflects A Belief That Most Australian History Since 1788 Has Been Little More Than A Disgraceful Story Of Imperialism, Exploitation, Racism, Sexism And Other Forms Of Discrimination. I Take A Very Different View. I Believe That The Balance Sheet Of Our History Is One Of Heroic Achievement And That We Have Achieved Much More As A Nation Of Which We Can Be Proud Of Than Which We Should Be Ashamed.

I'm Not Running Away From The Fact That I Had Previously Said I Did Not Contemplate A Major Increase, And That Was A Fair Statement Of The Government's State Of Mind At The Time I Made That.