क्या मैं रूढ़िवादी हूँ? हाँ, मैं हूँ। मैं सोचता था कि रूढ़िवादी होना काफ़ी हद तक मध्यमार्गी होना है, जो ऑस्ट्रेलियाई लोगों की महत्वाकांक्षाओं और मूल्यों का प्रतिनिधि है। दूर-दराज के दक्षिणपंथ से ऐसे अर्थ जुड़े हैं जिनसे मैं कभी भी खुद को जोड़ना नहीं चाहूँगा।
Am I conservative? Yes, I am. I would have thought conservative is very much middle of the road, representative of the aspirational values of the Australian people. The extreme right has connotations with it that I would never seek to identify with.
Am I conservative? Yes, I am. I would have thought conservative is very much middle of the road, representative of the aspirational values of the Australian people. The extreme right has connotations with it that I would never seek to identify with.
मेरा मानना नहीं है कि पीठ पर छुरा घोंपना या इस तरह की शब्दावली मुझ पर लागू होती है, लेकिन मैं अपने सहयोगियों और आम मतदाताओं के प्रति अपनी पूरी क्षमता से और जितना हो सके ईमानदार रहने की कोशिश करता हूँ।
I don't believe that knifing and that sort of terminology is applicable to myself, but I try to the very best of my ability to be as honest as I can with my colleagues and with the electorate at large.
I don't believe that knifing and that sort of terminology is applicable to myself, but I try to the very best of my ability to be as honest as I can with my colleagues and with the electorate at large.
मुझे हमेशा तस्मानिया के लोगों के बीच उठना-बैठना और घुलना-मिलنا अच्छा लगा है, और राजनीति की असली बुनियाद यही है। मेरे नजरिए से इसका मतलब यह रहा कि मुझे अपने घर के पास ज्यादा समय बिताने का मौका मिला, जो मुझे बहुत पसंद है, और साथ ही तस्मानिया के लोगों से मेरा मेल-जोल भी बढ़ा है। इससे मुझे खुलकर अपनी बात रखने की आज़ादी भी मिली है।
I've always enjoyed mixing and mingling with the Tasmanian community and that's, if you like, the bread and butter of politics. And from my perspective, it's meant more time at home, which I also enjoy and it's also meant the greater interaction with the Tasmanian community. And it's also given me freedom to speak out.
I've always enjoyed mixing and mingling with the Tasmanian community and that's, if you like, the bread and butter of politics. And from my perspective, it's meant more time at home, which I also enjoy and it's also meant the greater interaction with the Tasmanian community. And it's also given me freedom to speak out.
सिर्फ एक सांसद बनकर अपना कर्तव्य निभाना, परिवार को चकाचौंध से दूर रखना और खुद को सेलिब्रिटी बनने से बचाना एक दुर्लभ बात है, और मुझे उम्मीद है कि अब तक मैं अपनी पत्नी और बच्चों की रक्षा करने में कामयाब रहा हूँ।
Trying to be just a parliamentarian doing your duty and trying to keep family out and also the celebrity status out is rare and hopefully I have been able thus far to - been able to protect my wife and children.
Trying to be just a parliamentarian doing your duty and trying to keep family out and also the celebrity status out is rare and hopefully I have been able thus far to - been able to protect my wife and children.
मुझे लगता है कि विवाह का मुद्दा बेहद अहम है और इस पर मैं पूरी ताकत से अपना चुनाव अभियान चलाऊँगा।
I think the issue of marriage is a vitally important issue on which I would campaign heavily.
I think the issue of marriage is a vitally important issue on which I would campaign heavily.
'किचन कैबिनेट' जैसे कार्यक्रम यह तय नहीं करते कि आप में सूझबूझ है या नहीं, आप में फर्क करने की समझ है या नहीं, आपकी बौद्धिक क्षमता कैसी है, आप नीतियां बना सकते हैं या नहीं, और क्या आप आम लोगों की समस्याओं को सरकार के सर्वोच्च स्तर तक ऐसे प्रभावी ढंग से पहुँचा सकते हैं जिससे वाकई कोई नतीजा निकले।
Things like Kitchen Cabinet, I'm not sure they necessarily tell the Australian people whether you have judgement, whether you have discernment, whether you have intellectual acuity, whether you are able to develop policy, whether you are able to represent individual cases to the highest levels of government successfully and in a manner that actually achieves outcomes.
Things like Kitchen Cabinet, I'm not sure they necessarily tell the Australian people whether you have judgement, whether you have discernment, whether you have intellectual acuity, whether you are able to develop policy, whether you are able to represent individual cases to the highest levels of government successfully and in a manner that actually achieves outcomes.
मुझे लगता है कि चुनाव प्रचार के दौरान एक दिन की लंबाई और उस दौरान किए जाने वाले तरह-तरह के कामों को देखकर ज्यादातर लोग हैरान रह जाएंगे।
I think most people would be surprised at the length of the day whilst you're campaigning and then the variety of things that you do and you're asked to do.
I think most people would be surprised at the length of the day whilst you're campaigning and then the variety of things that you do and you're asked to do.
मैं भले ही एक निष्ठावान सिपाही होऊँ, पर राजा बनाने वाला नहीं।
I might be a stalwart, but I'm not a kingmaker.
I might be a stalwart, but I'm not a kingmaker.