“I want a minister to be in charge of a line department so they have clear political accountability.” Quote by Campbell Newman
“The carbon tax is the single biggest rolled gold example of Federal Labor not listening.” ExampleListeningTaxesLaborGoldCarbonCarbon Tax Author:Campbell Newman
“You can guarantee that mining uranium will lead to nuclear waste. You can't guarantee that uranium mining will not lead to nuclear weapons.” WasteWeaponsNuclearGuaranteesNuclear WeaponsGuarantees ThatMiningUraniumNuclear WasteUranium Mining Author:Anthony Albanese
“We also need to remember the enduring principles on which the National Party is based – individual responsibility, support for families and communities, and a belief that the State can't and shouldn't do everything.” NeedsStatesRememberIndividualBeliefCommunityPartyResponsibilityPrinciplesSupportEndureIndividual Responsibility Author:John Key
“We should always measure a government's environmental rhetoric against its environmental record” ShouldGovernmentRecordsEnvironmentalRhetoric Author:John Key
“Our opponents say more children are living in poverty than when we came into office. And that's probably right.” ChildrenPovertyOfficeOpponents Author:John Key
“I'm not claiming I'm a saint, but I have a genuine, genuine belief in trying to help others.” TryingHelpingBeliefSaintHelping OthersGenuine Author:John Key
“The Labor Party is not going to profit from having these proven unsuccessful people around who are frightened of their own shadow and won't get out of bed in the morning unless they've had a focus group report to tell them which side of bed to get out.” PeopleSidesPartyMorningFocusGroupsBedShadowLaborProfitReportsFrightenedSuccessful PeopleProvenUnsuccessfulFocus Groups Author:Paul Keating
“If this Government cannot get the adjustment, get manufacturing going again, and keep moderate wage outcomes and a sensible economic policy, then Australia is basically done for. We will end up being a third rate economy... a banana republic.” IfsEndsDoneGovernmentEconomyEconomicPolicyThirdsRateOutcomesAustraliaRepublicSensibleModeratesAdjustmentManufacturingBananasEconomic Policy Author:Paul Keating
“If we are to prosper together in our increasingly small world, we must listen to -- and learn from each other's stories” IfsWorldStoriesTogetherSmall World Author:Queen Noor of Jordan