When you're asked/told to come to Canberra by your Prime Minister, in the country I grow up in, you obey that.
You don't try and put rockets under prime ministers.
It is actually getting much harder for someone from an ordinary background to break through the ranks. In the period from 1964 to 1997, every single Prime Minister - from Harold Wilson to John Major - was the product of a state school.
We would never accept a prime minister saying, 'Well, maybe I'll intervene and use a trade issue as a link to an independent investigation into criminal activity.'
Whether it's Liberal or Conservative - any time someone has a perspective on what their experience has been as prime minister of the country, it's always interesting.
I'm proud to say that we are the party of Canada's first prime minister, the father of our federation, and the visionary who made this land possible.
No one likes when debate gets stifled, when these events get cancelled, whether it's a former president or prime minister of Israel, whether it's a discussion on a panel.
The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.
I've spoken several times with Prime Minister Erdogan about relations between Turkey and Israel. I'm pleased that, following President Obama's visit to Israel, talks between Israel and Turkey are again taking place and hope that relations between them will further improve in the interest of both countries.
When I was 14, I told all the girls in my class that I wanted to be the first woman prime minister. Someone else beat me to that!
