Government will not nominate the former Labor prime minister [Kevin Rudd] to be the UN's next secretary-general. Malcolm Turnbull More Quotes by Malcolm Turnbull More Quotes From Malcolm Turnbull In the event of there being a new global agreement we'll review the existing policy, but the idea we would or should suddenly reinstate something we have abolished is ridiculous. Malcolm Turnbull energy It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.' Malcolm Turnbull job honesty politics people It is our job, as members of parliament, to legislate with an eye to the long term future, to look over the horizon beyond the next election and ensure that as far as we can what we do today will make Australia a better place, a safer place, for future generations to live in. Malcolm Turnbull look future today long I will go to the next election saying to Australians, vote for me, vote for the Liberal Party, and I will become your PM. So I'm offering myself as the alternative PM - that's one way people describe the Leader of the Opposition - but I'm not in politics for myself to realize a personal ambition. Malcolm Turnbull myself me politics people We need to recognise that the whole edifice of our fifth estate, of our journalism, has been built on a foundation of newspaper journalism and that that foundation is crumbling. The management of the media companies will deny that the end is nigh. I hope they are right. Malcolm Turnbull end journalism management hope It's not a 24-hour news cycle, it's a 60-second news cycle now, it's instantaneous. It has never been easier to get away with telling lies. It has never been easier to get away with the glib one liner. Malcolm Turnbull get never now news