Do not ghettoize society by putting people into legal categories of gender, race, ethnicity, language, or other such characteristics.

For many years I have advocated 'redesigning Parliament' in a variety of ways - elect the Senate, do away with the 'confidence convention,' permit freer voting, strengthen the role of back benchers and committees, do away with ineffectual 'take note' debates, restructure question period, and so on.

When political and business leaders tell the public - any public - 'We don't trust you to make the right decision' - they prejudice that electorate against the very proposals they want it to accept and undermine public confidence in themselves.

The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion.

It is not the function of the leader of government business to discipline members of the executive.

The Iraqi National Guard needs to become a reality in order to give hope to the Sunni population, and Sunni leaders that have been the focus of political prosecution should be included in the discussions of Iraq's political future.

God bless Africa, Guard her people, Guide her leaders, And give her peace.

I've put a lot of thought into being a leader.