The G7, just a European centric show, an Atlantic show, is fundamentally finished.

The idea that commodities, as an asset class, is finished is just fundamentally flawed.

Protesting is fundamentally submissive.

I've always held the view that great states need strategic space. I mean, George Washington took his space from George III. Britain took it from just about everybody. Russia took all of Eastern Europe. Germany's taken it from everywhere they can, and China will want its space too.

You see, before I became prime minister, the Australian prime minister only attended ever two meetings in the world: the British Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and the South Pacific Forum.

If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility.