I mean getting into parliament was quite an achievement in itself and then I have to pinch myself at the thought of actually running a department.

My kids live in a different environment than I did as a child. They've got privileges I didn't have as a child, but they have disadvantages. They don't see their mum as much. They see the threats that one gets. They live in a house where they've got panic buttons, and I've had to teach them about safety.

Regardless of what tribe people think they're in, we don't work in isolation as human beings, we want to do what's right.

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