I shan’t say too much about what will in the future be regarded as a famous interview, I think it’s better that you see the interview written up in graphic form and form your own judgements…

I was talking to a friend of mine’s little girl, and she said she wanted to be Prime Minister some day.

Both of her parents, who vote Labor, were standing there, so I asked her, “If you were Prime Minister of Australia what would be the first thing you’d do?”

She replied, “I’d give food and houses to all the homeless people.”

“Wow – what a worthy goal.” I told her, “But you don’t have to wait until you’re Prime Minister to do that. You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull up the weeds, sweep my patio, and I’ll pay you $50. Then I’ll take you over to Coles where a homeless chap hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food or a new house.”

She thought that over for a few seconds (because she’s only six) and while her Mum glared at me, the little girl looked me straight in the eye and asked, “Why doesn’t the homeless man come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?”

I replied, “Welcome to the Liberal Party.”

Her parents still aren’t talking to me.