Malcolm Fraser
Malcolm Fraser
John Malcolm Fraser AC, CH, GCLwas an Australian politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia and the Leader of the Liberal Party from 1975 to 1983...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth21 May 1930
CountryAustralia
Malcolm Fraser quotes about
proud
I think we have a lot to be proud of.
conversation missing programmes stolen
But even some of the programmes that are in place are missing their target, because we have not yet set up a conversation with the stolen generations.
clinical conditions economists estimated health indigenous level million per provide required services year
Health economists have estimated that an injection of $250 million per year in Indigenous clinical care, and $50 million in preventative care, is required to provide services at the same level as for any other group with the health conditions of Indigenous Australians.
leadership country children
At the moment people get on boats because they flee terror at home and believe the many years' long wait in UNHCR camps is not a valid option, especially if they have children in their care. After the Vietnam War, Australia took a larger humanitarian intake than at any other period in our history. The Australian community accepted that. They were told why we needed to do it, and why it was the only ethical decent policy that a wealthy advanced country should adopt.
leadership past tasks
The great task of statesmanship is to apply past lessons to new situations, to draw correct analogies to understand and act upon present forces, to recognise the need for change....
party easy meant-to-be
Life wasn't meant to be easy.
poverty disaster social
There are no quick fixes to Indigenous poverty and social disaster.
fishing half industry
Maoris now own over half the commercial fishing industry in New Zealand.
channel programmes realised sooner
If we had, we would have realised sooner that Indigenous organisations are sometimes not the appropriate channel for programmes to help the stolen generations, because many of them play little part in Indigenous associations.