Famous Quotes & Sayings

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,

Greg Rusedski

Hopefully after the Australian Open we won't have to discuss this any more

Eddie Jones

George is his own character. He is not a warm and fuzzy character in front of the media. He is certainly different in front of the Australian team. He is one of the funniest, most gregarious guys that you will meet. His persona in front of the media is slightly different.

John Connolly

George is definitely a talented player and someone who has so much to offer Australian Rugby now, and in the future.

Justine Larbalestier

I remember that feeling when I was a young reader: finding books that were set in Sydney with Australian characters was incredibly exciting.

Luke Mitchell

I have quite an eclectic taste in music. I like Angus & Julia Stone; they are an Australian brother/sister duo. I like Adele. She is phenomenal.

Howard's comments have encouraged further selling in the Australian dollar.

Marat Safin

But I have to live with that, work on my serve and get ready for the Australian Open.

But I am not sure (whether) the Australian dollar is a forward indicator or just a concurrent one.

He started the game well and caught Adelaide by surprise before the ugly side of Australian football came into play. He got a smack in the mouth behind play.

The jobs numbers weren't small enough to warrant a downgrade to the Australian dollar at this stage.

The IPO market has been boosted by the convergence of three factors - strong returns from the Australian equity market, a continued flood of cash from superannuation funds and the T3 effect.

Ricky Ponting

It's a song that we sing after we win a Test match. We sing it after every one-day series win. It's been passed down through the generations. It's the culture of the Australian team.

There is a reasonable fundamental picture for selling US dollars and the Australian dollar will benefit,

Chris Evans

There are plenty of Australians working for major firms overseas and they want to make sure they keep their Australian tax base intact, in the sense of being up-to-date with the latest that's happening.

Gough Whitlam

An education system where student selection is based on credit capacity and not merit capacity and where graduating students are no longer indebted to the nation, but increasingly indebted to the Australian Taxation Office - that's no way to improve the quality of education.

Pauline Hanson

The most noisy criticism came from the fat cats, bureaucrats and the do-gooders. They screamed the loudest because they stand to lose the most-their power, money and position, all funded by ordinary Australian taxpayers.

Some people were expecting not so good a result because of the dispute over the Western Australian rail contract. There's a bit of relief that the result is still a reasonable increase.

Peter Singer

So the compromise itself is within ethics rather than between competing ethics, and I think that's true in geo-political concerns.

This could be the last time and if it is the last time, I want to go out swinging, having a good time, and digging into the Australian talent pool.

Scott Morrison

This exciting new campaign provides a compelling and uniquely Australian invitation to the world that celebrates our personality, our lifestyle and our place. It has been carefully designed to cut through the clutter and motivate international tourists to stop putting it off and visit Australia now.

With the Australian dollar now trading just below 75 US cents, we only need a US dollar gold price of around $US573 per ounce to break the record which has stood for 26 years.

Rate speculation this week has built up a head of steam. This will support the Australian dollar.

Rate rises may make their way back on the agenda. The Australian dollar should benefit.

John Shea

Primus will be better suited in the Australian Guineas in the autumn.

Prime Minister Howard thanked the president for his personal concern for the Australian people and noted that it was appreciated.

Eddie Jones

It's a sign of the times. You only have to look at the changes to the Australian Schoolboys line-ups over the past four or five years,

There's a risk the statement will be watered down. This will be negative for interest rates, the yield gap will narrow further, and the Australian dollar will go down.

There's a risk of weakness in the Australian dollar in the next couple of days. Any decline in commodity prices is bearish for the Australian dollar.

There's a risk of weakness in the Australian dollar in the next couple of days, ... Any decline in commodity prices is bearish for the Australian dollar.

The Reserve Bank may shift to a very mild tightening bias which won't be enough to support the Australian dollar while the Fed is pushing up rates.

Jack Haley

The rising cost of fuel has also hit the hip pockets of Australian families hard this year.

I've spoken to his management and they've said it's 50-50 for the Australian Open ? they will wait until as late as possible now.