Jay Weatherill
Jay Weatherill
Jay Wilson Weatherillis an Australian politician who is the 45th and current Premier of South Australia, serving since 21 October 2011. Weatherill has represented the House of Assembly seat of Cheltenham as a member of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party since the 2002 election...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionPolitician
CountryAustralia
Jay Weatherill quotes about
decision behave
Everybody has to make their own decisions about how they choose to behave.
government looks election
If you present good government, then elections look after themselves.
two issues water
The two defining issues of this century are both universal but felt locally: the global water crisis and the resources boom.
senior strong grace
Grace Portolesi is a strong, assertive passionate young woman and she is precisely the sort of person I want in my cabinet and she will have a senior role.
civility strive parliament
Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.
government india framework
Obviously any export of uranium to India could only occur within an appropriate international framework to be negotiated by the commonwealth government.
innovation results hardware
We know that defence work results in more than great defence hardware - it can drive innovation and advances in all areas of our life.
government waste investing
We have been getting ready to recycle more e-waste by investing in infrastructure, providing grants to local government and working with industry.
government decision roles
All the government decisions remain and won't be altered until I get in the role and have had a chance to discuss them with my colleagues.
government together needs
We are all in this together. We want to have, I suppose, a single point of entry so that anyone coming near a disability service can get a very complete picture. Government needs to understand that picture, and we need to be able to offer somebody a one-stop shop.
defence
Defence is our best attack.
commitment home people
Our commitment to defence goes beyond this. It's a long-term commitment to make SA the home for Australian defence. It's a commitment to providing the right infrastructure and the right people.
abandoning choose credit equation faced future jobs key rating retaining time
We may very well be faced with the choice of retaining the AAA credit rating or abandoning some of our key infrastructure projects, which are about jobs for the future. I will choose jobs in that equation every time.
spent trying
What we are trying to do is to look at all of those resources and say, well, would they be better spent on just advocacy and information, or can we make savings out of that and redirect them into savings.