Peter Beattie
Peter Beattie
Peter Douglas Beattie, ACis an Australian politician who served as the 36th Premier of Queensland from 1998 to 2007 and Leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state from 1996 to 2007. His sweeping victories in the 2001, 2004 and 2006 state elections confirmed him as one of the most electorally successful politicians in Australia...
determine
The CMC will have to determine what they will do,
areas cost full paying urban
Everyone in the urban areas is actually paying full cost recovery.
advice economic mr reality touch unlike
I wanted some real economic advice from a real Australian, someone in touch with the land, in touch with reality . . . unlike the other Mr Costello.
create direct fully jobs mine potential stage
Development of the mine and construction of stage one of the . . . refinery has the potential to create 700 direct jobs during construction and 350 direct jobs when it is fully operational.
apart bloody blown slow
The whole bloody place is blown apart ... This is going to be a long, slow recovery.
bloke knows money
I told him he probably knows more about money than the bloke in Canberra,
caring dying government sensitive state wants woman
A woman is dying and the state government wants to be as sensitive and caring as possible,
australia best cape concerned costs difficulty directly energy head major mines rest york
One of the major difficulties is that, as the head of a major corporation once said to me, Australia is on the way to Antarctica. But if the mines at Cape York were concerned about getting directly to the rest of the world then (Cape York) would be the best place for it. But the difficulty is in start-up costs and energy costs. But let's just see what we can get.
gives heart package people
Frankly, this package is what we needed. It gives people the heart to rebuild.
agreed laws necessary protect today
In many sense the laws that we have agreed to today are draconian laws, but they are necessary laws to protect Australians.
damage property taken
Some have been flattened, roofs have been taken off. The property damage has been immense.
obviously return soon
He'll obviously want to return to the U.S. as soon as possible,
might money order schools
The money might be better off used for things like law-and- order initiatives, schools and hospitals,
certain laws life officer risk state
There are also certain circumstances in state laws where that applies, particularly if an officer is in risk of his own life or her life. Now, I think those laws are adequate.