Anthony Pratt
Anthony Pratt
base exploiting good minerals sector
Australia is a resource-rich nation. We have been good at exploiting our minerals base and agricultural sector for exports.
bring companies hand helps pay reducing simply time
Accelerated depreciation helps companies bring forward capital-intensive investments by reducing payback time. It's not a hand out. Companies still have to pay the tax, but they simply get to defer it.
business love people
I love Australia. I love the people there; they are fantastic. The business opportunities are endless.
amount avoid compared damage front money recover small spent
The money spent up front to avoid damage is a very small amount compared to what is spent to recover from a disaster,
care congress dice roll
It's a roll of the dice that Congress is going to have to take care of,
position
My vision for Visy Tumut is not only to keep our position as an example of world's sustainable manufacturing, but to build on it.
accord arguably economy fuel gasoline
You could arguably get just as well or better fuel economy with a four-cylinder gasoline Accord for $8,000 to $10,000 less.
additional clean energy expand forest future generate generation power renewable sell spend waste wood
I have a dream that in the not-too-distant future, Visy Tumut will spend around $100 m to expand our clean energy generation here and take in additional waste forest wood to generate clean renewable energy and sell it into the power grid.
beach estimate good minor people possibly today virtually waves
I was in Bethany at about 7:30 a.m. and my estimate was waves of 3, possibly 4 feet. Virtually negligible beach erosion. It was the kind of thing you see in just a very minor blow. People could go out to the beach today and have a good time.
came coming days difference looked point straight
When Isabel came in, she at one point looked like she was coming in straight at us. About a one-degree difference two days out could have put her right on us.
absolute actions base beach might nourish point
We can't base our absolute actions on predictions of what might be, ... We know there's a lot of uncertainty. If we get to the point where we have to nourish this beach every year, we know we'll have to try something different.
cool
We were in recycling before recycling was cool.
auto dirty driveway ethanol secret vehicle
You may have an ethanol vehicle in your driveway and not even know it. It was kind of the dirty little secret of the auto industry.
driver energy producer shifting
You may just be shifting the consumption of energy from the driver to the producer of hydrogen.