Robert Manne
Robert Manne
Robert Michael Manneis an Emeritus Professor of politics and Vice-Chancellor's Fellow at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He is a leading Australian public intellectual...
absolutely airlines harder seats willing
It's absolutely harder to find seats that airlines are willing to let go for no incremental revenue.
bravado hasten last point rational understand
You can understand the frustration, but all it does is hasten the day of the last paycheck. It's more bravado at this point than it is rational thought.
died injuries
The injuries are so substantial, he didn't feel anything. He died immediately.
locked mystery
These are just unbelievable cases. A 60-year mystery locked in ice: It's just unbelievable.
challenges energy pricing questions target whether
I think they have substantial challenges energy costs, pricing power. And I think there are some questions as to whether they can be the instigator or the target of consolidation.
challenges energy pricing questions target whether
I think they have substantial challenges -- energy costs, pricing power. And I think there are some questions as to whether they can be the instigator or the target of consolidation.
challenges energy pricing questions target whether
I think they have substantial challenges ù energy costs, pricing power. And I think there are some questions as to whether they can be the instigator or the target of consolidation.
airline available capital contention domestic shortage
It kind of belies the contention that there is a shortage of domestic capital available for the airline industry.
airlines anybody consumers
It's not anything that anybody needs, frankly. The airlines don't need it. Consumers don't need it.
children stress poor-quality
To me the early childhood story is an ecumenical one. You take poverty seriously. You take seriously maternal depression. You take seriously children under stress and you take seriously the effects of extended hours participation in poor quality care. Those are the facts I begin with.
believe holocaust use
Denialism, a concept that was first widely used, as far as I know, for those who claimed that the Holocaust was a fraud, is the concept I believe we should use.
player games government
The Australian sees itself not as a mere newspaper, but as a player in the game of national politics, calling upon the vast resources of the Murdoch empire and the millions of words it has available to it to try to make and unmake governments.
war risk victory
A too-swift and easy coalition victory may substantially increase the risk of future wars.
We've done it in Tibet, and we've done one in Greenland.