"Mr Rudd's arrogance and vanity in wanting to lead the world in cutting C02 emissions is really sickening"

“It is absolutely outrageous that a spin doctor for Labor's NBN Co is being paid $450,000 per annum by Australian taxpayers to promote a company that generates no revenue, has no customers and provides no services to anybody”

“I have said consistently in my 16-and-a-half years in the parliament, I have always supported the party room's decision and the party room is the ultimate authority on these matters. I don't expect that to change.”

“If the question is do people believe that human beings are the main cause of the planet warming, then I'd say a majority don't accept that position”

“It is literally crazy to be committing to an ETS before seeing the outcome of Copenhagen . . . and frankly idiotic before we see the final form of the US emissions trading scheme”

“Mr Turnbull declined this proposition so I advised that I would have no alternative but to resign from the Shadow Cabinet as I was not able to support the CPRS legislation”