The Great Curse Of Modern Political Life

If This Government Cannot Get The Adjustment, Get Manufacturing Going Again, And Keep Moderate Wage Outcomes And A Sensible Economic Policy, Then Australia Is Basically Done For. We Will End Up Being A Third Rate Economy... A Banana Republic.

[australian Reserve Bank] Governor Macfarlane Said Recently When Paul Volcker Broke The Back Of American Inflation It's Regarded As The Policy Triumph Of The Western World. When I Broke The Back Of Australian Inflation They Say, "oh, You're The Fellow That Put The Interest Rates Up." Am I Not The Same Fellow That Gave Them The 15 Years Of Good Growth And High Wealth That Came From It?

You Know, In The Wikileaks Cables, The Chinese Discovered That Kevin Rudd Was Urging The Americans To Keep The Military Option Open Against Them. This Is Hardly A Friendly Gesture.

Australia Without The Irish Would Be Unthinkable... Unimaginable... Unspeakable.

Leadership Is Not About Being Nice. It's About Being Right And Being Strong