I do not believe the remarks that have been made by senior executives at Telstra were in any way helpful,

I can assure the people of Australia that the legislation finally presented to the parliament will reflect the agreement that was reached by me with all the state premiers and chief ministers. No more, no less.

I can assure your viewers that real minimum wages are not going to be cut,

Home-grown terrorist threats are a greater reality to the Australian people now than we would have thought to be the case six or 12 months ago,

If you're living in a small business environment, you've got, say, five or eight people in an office or a workshop, and one of them is a pain in the neck and is making life difficult for everybody else, it's workers in many cases more than the boss that would like to see the back of him, ... That's a point that's overlooked by some of our union critics.

If there's some outcome, some merit in those sorts of things (I would support the summit),

If there is one confirmed case we would carry out all necessary measures, which means closing all the checkpoints, ... To prevent any possible hazard we would rather slow down our economy a bit, or let the people encounter some inconvenience. We set our citizens' lives as our first priority.

I'm not going to talk about what was briefed at the premiers meeting (early last month),

The family would have been more contented with five years imprisonment. They feel that justice has not been done as far as the sentencing is concerned. They feel let down by the system.

This is a very appropriate response by the two governments which will send immediate reassurance to the workers.