“I want to try and wear as many Australian designers as I can because I'd like to support my Australian colleagues in the industry as well as find things that are eco-friendly. I love the green concept of wearing more sustainable garments at events.” WantTryingWellsI CanSupportEventsIndustryConceptsGreenDesignerFriendlyColleaguesAustralianGarmentsEcoEco Friendly Author:Lucy Fry
“Tony Abbott might think coal's good for humanity, of course it was an important driver in the story of the Australian nation. But when we're talking about the 21st Century and those industries that are gonna take us forward, it won't be coal.” ThinkingImportantStoriesMightHumanityCoursesNationsTalkingCenturyIndustryDrivers21st CenturyCoalAustralian Author:Richard Di Natale
“They might be a good friend, but they are also a bitter commercial rival. Let's not kid ourselves.. The American wheat industry has done everything it possibly can to criticize the Australian wheat industry in order to take the Iraqi wheat market from us.” DoneMightKidsOrderFriendshipIndustryBitterCriticizeGood FriendRivalsAustralianWheat Author:John Howard
“The Australian film industry has recognised Tropfest as a place to nurture young talent. It's a stepping stone between amateur and professional.” FilmYoungTalentIndustryStonesNurtureAustralianFilm IndustryStepping StonesAustralian FilmsYoung Talent Author:John Polson
“When possums were introduced in 1837 to start a fur industry, no one predicted that these Australian neighbours would naturalize with destructive enthusiasm, wreaking havoc on gardens and bush alike. Up to 20 million possums a year were killed during the height of the fur trade, but this barely checked their rapid expansion.” YearsMillionsIndustryGardenTradeEnthusiasmHeightDestructiveExpansionRapidsNeighbourAustralianFurHavocPossums Author:Bee Dawson
“I must say that when I first learned of the existence of the Australian Greenhouse Office, I assumed it was responsible for supplying tomatoes to the Parliament House kitchen. But, no, as I soon learnt as industry minister, it was in fact a government funded redoubt of veritable soldiers in a war against carbon dioxide. The zealotry and obsessive passion of these warriors in the battle against the apparent evils of carbon dioxide remains a curiosity to me. After fighting these people for three years as industry minister, I really did wish they would just go away and grow tomatoes.” PeopleYearsFirstsWarFactsGovernmentFightingPassionThreeEvilHouseWishGrowsExistenceIndustryBattleOfficeResponsibleRemainsCuriositySoldierWarriorMinistersKitchenGoing AwayThree YearsCarbonParliamentAustralianObsessiveTomatoesGreenhousesCarbon DioxideZealotry Author:Nick Minchin