You have to be ready for anything. It's a good reminder about democracy. Voters can tell you to carry on, or chuck you out. You've got to be ready for both.

The campaign commercials don't tell you anything.

Australia expects its citizens to abide by core beliefs - democracy, the rule of law, the independent judiciary, independent liberty.

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.

As PM, you have got to do everything from chairing the Cabinet to ceremonial things. You have also got to do the nitty gritty. I do get stuck into the detail.

Voter apathy was, and will remain the greatest threat to democracy.