Famous Quotes & Sayings

Australia is still a safe place to be. What we're looking for is earnings streams that are defensive and relatively immune to the capital expenditure cycle that's going on in China. The second thing we're looking for is management that's willing to give cash back to shareholders.

Australia is a bit of a mess but hopefully we won't have to worry too much about that for too much longer.

Australia haven't been put under pressure like this for a number of years,

Michael Vaughan

Australia have been beating teams home and away for a long time,

Australia has to be the beneficiary of the situation in Indonesia. Australia is perceived as a blue-chip supplier with huge reserves upside, while all its key competitors in the Pacific Basin supply business have got some sort of issue.

Steve Waugh

Australia has the edge for the Ashes. They're playing in Australia, they're fairly confident and have been preparing for quite a while now. And, if you're the best in the world and you lose, you want to win and get back to where you were.

Australia has misunderstood our seriousness on the impact of its granting the temporary visas.

Tony Greig

Australia has lost a truly great Australian. He was a very generous man, a bloke with an incredible sense of fun and that charisma that was around him.

Australia has a split economy. The resources sector is booming, but the rest of the economy is slowing.

Ian Botham

Australia fought like demons to pull off an unlikely win,

Australia doesn't want to be seen to be introducing a new capability into the region and that's unfortunately how the perception could come about.

Australia are by far the strongest team in world hockey today. They will have to play really badly at home to lose.

A university in Australia uses Sun SPOT for a class in robotics. Another group in Canada is building an underwater vehicle.

Liam Gallagher

That's grace under fire worthy of a misplaced Australian final-wicket partnership.

Steve Simmons

Albania is a total mystery to me but I need as much international experience as possible to keep me on my toes with the Commonwealth Games in Australia looming next year.

Alicia has been incredibly unlucky to have been struck down with this condition following a breakthrough season in 2004. Regaining her health must be the top priority and Tennis Australia will provide her with any support she needs during this difficult time.

You've got U.S. senators involved, you've got questions about how much the Australian government knew, and I think when it gets to those sorts of levels it spooks investors quite a bit.

Dennis Lillee

They should start at the very top when assessing what went wrong in England. Cricket Australia executives, the coach, the manager, the captain and support staff must be all held accountable for this disaster.

John Howard

They should pick up the tab, not the Australian taxpayer.

Marty Natalegawa

They (the Australian Government) have the responsibility to ensure the safety of their people. And that is one thing we can understand and respect.

Lisa Origliasso

They take Australian talent overseas, develop it and try to get a major label to pick them up. So we were really lucky to sign with them. They sent us over the top.

A major component of the surf board is no longer available. There is one other guy in southern California making these but nowhere near that volume level. There is a large manufacturer in Australia but they'll never be able to handle the volume in the United States.

This is a world-class event and Australian cricket is proud to play host. We believe it will be something fans will talk about for years to come, just as they recall the 1977 Centeneray Test and the 1971-72 Rest of the World Series.

This is going to be the biggest summer of cricket that we've ever seen and we want to make sure that Australian cricket fans are there and make up the majority of the crowd.

This is an unfriendly gesture by the Australian government.

Sunil Gavaskar

This is the first time in decades that the greatest players from the rest of the world have combined their talents, and I expect them to put Australia under real pressure.

This isn't an increase to $30 a month, in fact for a large part of Australia it is a decrease.

This is not something that we can do as Australian Federal Police by ourselves,

This is purely because of pressure from the Australian government.

There will be less reasons for the Reserve Bank to hike and less reasons to support the Australian dollar. We'll finish the week lower.

Michael Hutchence

There's a certain point where you have to choose whether you're going to be a cliche or whether you're going to discover new things about yourself.

The remarks of visiting Australian Prime Minister John Howard on supply of uranium to India conveys that New Delhi still has to cover a long distance before it is able to reap the harvest from landmark civilian nuclear deal with Washington.

Craig Phillips

This is very much a hands on role and Tom brings a wealth of logistical and Olympic Games experience to the team and we welcome him to the Australian team management.