Famous Quotes & Sayings

The Chinese growth rate in the first quarter was stronger than expected. The resulting demand has pushed up commodity prices, which supports the Australian dollar.

The case for a rate hike, while not totally compelling yet, is gaining a bit of momentum with these sort of numbers. On an interest-rate-differential and growth story, it should put the Australian dollar back in focus and see it move higher.

The company made some exceptional gains from its overseas operations, like the Australian transmission and distribution assets. The utility shows steady growth and has permitted returns. The higher power rates would help boost its development fund.

The commodity story remains very positive for Australia. Relative to commodities prices the Australian dollar isn't overvalued.

The commodity price story has continued to be positive for the Australian dollar.

Graeme Smith

The conclusion that we have come to as a team is that it bothers Warne tremendously that he is not the Australian captain.

The impact of day-to-day changes in the yield spread remain significant for the Australian dollar. That's clearly an issue for buyers of the currency.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

All the world's leaders are subject to parody and the Australian prime minister should learn to live with it rather than banning it.

All the tourists we find really enjoy that 'cause it is the Australian barbecue.

The economy was struggling to gain traction at the end of last year. We think growth will be restrained in the Australian economy, keeping inflation pressures in check and keeping the Reserve Bank on hold for some time yet.

Peter Roebuck

The fourth day was a reminder never to discount the chances of a proud Australian team,

Stephen Smith

This is not about employers jumping the gun, it's about a gun being held to the head of Australian employees by John Howard and his legislation.

This is a generous prize that benefits the creative culture of Australian architectural design

This is a concern for Australia's growth outlook. We've been depending on better exports to take up some of the slack in the Australian economy as consumer spending cools. So far, that transition hasn't been very smooth.

The idea is that if there is an event that is beyond the capability of the civil authority, the police, to handle -- and a serious terrorist incident might fall within that category -- we want to be able to use the ADF (Australian Defense Force) flexibly and effectively to protect the lives of Australian people,

The idea is if there is an event that is beyond the capability of the civil authority, the police, to handle -- and a serious terrorist incident might fall within that category -- we want to be able to use the ADF flexibly and effectively to protect the lives of Australian people,

The horse race for Australian brands and (United Kingdom) brands is on. In Great Britain, their gaming boards and companies have expanded out to other (British) territories like Gibraltar, which is giving them a strong position.

We are confident that the DP World purchase will ensure that our operations continue to meet all relevant standards in the U.S. through ongoing collaboration between the port operators and American, British, Australian and port security officials throughout the world.

John Burnside

The Botanischer Garten in Berlin has one of Europe's finer winter trails, leading in careful order from glasshouses devoted to African-American and Australian desert species, through a fine collection of tropical plants, and on to the orchid house.

Strong commodity prices certainly do the Australian dollar no harm. But as we have seen, yield spreads are far more potent for the Australian dollar.

The Australian wine industry has been going through the industry equivalent of the perfect storm.

Trevor O'Hoy

The Australian wine consumer represents less than 15 per cent of our profit pool,

The Australian Wheat Board refused to quote to the government of Iraq prices on FOB basis and consequently they lost out. Iraq will buy one million tons of wheat in the coming days from American companies,

The Australian Test captain is Tasmanian, Tom Kendall, who played in the very first Test in 1877, is buried in Tasmania, and Keith Bradshaw, the new MCC secretary and chief executive-elect, is Tasmanian. We have made the MCC aware we are very disappointed Tasmania is not on the list. I hope it is not too late to reconsider the issue for next summer.

Shoaib Akhtar

The Australian surgeon David Young feared the worst initially but after the operation he told me that my knees are stable and I can still play five to six years.

Mark Boucher

The Australian press are trying to say ex-pat South Africans are the culprits.

Ian Johnson

The Australian Open is not just a terrific sporting tournament, it's also become an increasingly social event and I'm sure a lot of our viewers enjoy the glamour of the event.

The Australian Open Centenary of 2005 raised the bar to new levels of excitement and entertainment at the Grand Slam of Asia/Pacific,

Andrew Leigh

The Australian model - which was a fair degree of liberalization but not the full Chicago school treatment - did better.

Bobby Cox

The Australian looked all right. He's got a nice little breaking ball and a changeup. That's a good sign. It's not like he cost us a fortune.

The Australian Government has great respect for the significance of these items as part of China's scientific and cultural history, and is committed to ensuring the worlds important heritage is protected into the future,

The Australian flyer confirms our original suspicion that we are victims of an imported dirty tricks campaign.