He was unfailingly courteous, he was incredibly patient - unbelievably patient I think with a lot of people including me, I guess, on occasions, |
He's composed and although I wouldn't say he's not frightened, he's remained courageous and is showing incredible fortitude, |
He's wrong and he's ill-informed, |
His advice to me, a little over a year ago, in relation to Tasmanian forests was both balanced and prescient. |
His future is obviously a matter for him and a matter for his parliamentary colleagues, that's a matter for the state parliamentary party, |
His obligation of disclosure is to the stock exchange directly and not to the public through the Government. |
Home-grown terrorist threats are a greater reality to the Australian people now than we would have thought to be the case six or 12 months ago, |
How is it that it's all right to extract the uranium from a mine in one part of the country but not in another? |
I ... understand that as a result of this issue, the status of that presidential decree is now being reviewed, |
I am confident the legislation has all the right balances and the right protections and the right safeguards, |
I believe in the UN when it works, ... There are some circumstances where it does not work and you have to reserve the right for coalitions of the willing or whatever you want to describe it -- you have to. |
I believe that once the legislation has gone through and everything settles down, there will be an air of normalcy returning, |
I can assure the people of Australia that the legislation finally presented to the parliament will reflect the agreement that was reached by me with all the state premiers and chief ministers. No more, no less. |
I can assure your viewers that real minimum wages are not going to be cut, |
I cannot guarantee that Australia will not be the subject of a terrorist attack. But I can say as a result of the decisions taken today that we are in a stronger and better position. |