"I don't support the idea of a big Australia with arbitrary targets of, say, a 40 million-strong Australia or a 36 mil…"

"Now I understand for Mr Downer and other members of the chattering classes in the Liberal Party: they might think wha…"

"What I believe, what the Labor Party believes, is that marriage is between a man and a woman."

"I suggest Australians rush to their kitchens and check that their spoons aren't bent after that performance."

"I know the Leader of the Opposition [Tony Abbott] has an unhealthy kind of obsession with the so-called "faceless men…"

"Will the misogynists and the nut jobs on the internet continue to circulate them? Yes, they will. And it wouldn't mat…"

"Here he [Abbott] is, trying to fudge one way and fudge the other; This morning he went out and accused me of a crime.…"

"I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. I will not. And the Government will not be lectured abo…"

"I was very offended personally when the Leader of the Opposition, as Minister of Health, said, and I quote, “Abortion…"

"I could hear the forces massing. I was very keen to make sure that I got our big reforms done before those forces cou…"