I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics.
I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics.
I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics.
I have close family members as well as lots of close friends who are gay. Many of them strongly support gay marriage.
I don’t think my religious convictions should be held against me.
I am in favour of the notion of Australia as an immigrant society.
Certainly, my uni days involved some statements that I wouldn’t make today.
I feel a little uncomfortable at being asked the sorts of questions that other Catholics in public life tend not to be asked.
Political parties don’t work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow.
I do enjoy exercise, not because I am an exercise junkie but because it’s terrific stress release.
I instinctively try to protect people from filth.
It’s very easy for Australians living in big cities to either romanticise or demonise the situation in Aboriginal places – to kind of look at things through the ‘noble innocents’ prism or through the ‘chronically dysfunctional’ prism, and I suspect that is so often the case.