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.
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Ultimately, innovation depends on the people with advanced skills who have the ideas, and on the business risk-takers willing to back them.
I like to do things that you need to chip away at.
feed helping hungry opportunity responsibility
In my view, helping to feed a hungry world is Australia's greatest responsibility and opportunity in the 21st century.
attract car industry plant steel
High-profile industry disruptions such as steel or car plant closures attract much media and political attention.
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I believe in the difference that a man or woman can make at the top of an organisation. Once you have a really good guy in place at the top, the next most important thing is continuity of management as opposed to a revolving door.
life school
I am very proud of being Jewish. I went to a Jewish school all my life.
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That remains to be seen. People tend to buy a vehicle that suits their lifestyle and shop within that segment. They're going into uncharted waters with those vehicles.
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They have to make a convincing argument they have the best idea. The biggest challenge they're going to have with their engine is that, it seems so easy, I think a lot of people are going to think it's too good to be true.
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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.
care congress dice roll
It's a roll of the dice that Congress is going to have to take care of,
beverage explain food industry
New Zealand's food and beverage industry is the lynchpin of the country's prosperity. Which may explain why it has concentrated their governments' minds.
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You could arguably get just as well or better fuel economy with a four-cylinder gasoline Accord for $8,000 to $10,000 less.
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Food manufacturing is an ideal candidate for targeted accelerated depreciation because the food industry, our biggest industry, creates significant flow-on benefits.