Politicians never fade away; they just keep carrying on, you know, their class.

My claim has always been that defeatism pervaded the conservative parties in the 1930s and that it was the defining characteristic of Menzies and his first period as prime minister.

The First World War not only destroyed European civilisation and the empires at its heart; its aftermath led to a second conflagration, the Second World War, which divided the continent until the end of the century.

What we have to do is make our way in Asia ourselves with an independent foreign policy. Our future is basically in the region around us in South East Asia.

Countries get one chance in history of putting into place a savings retirement scheme on the scale of the Australian superannuation system.

As prime minister, the pastoral lease question was a very vexing and torrid one for me.

What distinguished the First World War from all wars before it was the massive power of the antagonists.

When we were actually in the Keating reform era, the Business Council was of no help.

Aboriginal art and culture draws from the land, for Aboriginality and the land are essential to each other and are inseparable.

I have said before, you don't expect conservative parties to believe in much, but you do expect them to believe in thrift.