#australian

It's a fun day, a day which kicks off the start of our tour, it's got great tradition - Australian cricketers just love tradition - and it's been a really pleasant day. ↗

— Matthew Hayden

#been #cricketers #day #fun #got

There's something intrinsically Australian about a bunch of brothers and school friends getting together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as a band at a very young age and all pulling together as mates to make something happen. ↗

— Michael Hutchence

#age #australian #band #brothers #bunch

I started off in England and very few people knew I was Australian. I mean, the clues were in the poems, but they didn't read them very carefully, and so for years and years I was considered completely part of the English poetry scene. ↗

— Peter Porter

#carefully #clues #completely #considered #england

I am deeply committed to the cause of Indigenous Australians, and not just because of the Apology, but the big challenges which lie ahead in closing the gap. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#am #apology #australians #because #big

My fundamental interests are to preserve the good name and standing of this Australian Labor Party and to act in the national interest on behalf of the Australian Government. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#australian #behalf #fundamental #good #government

Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest in the world. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#australians #expectancy #health #highest #life

At the last census it indicated that about 22 per cent of Australians were born overseas. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#australians #born #census #cent #indicated

I call on the Australian Government to set out the conditions upon which they will provide a taxpayer funded backing for wholesale term funding for Australian deposit taking institutions. I call on the Government it make clear the conditions upon which taxpayer funds will be used in this way. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#backing #call #clear #conditions #deposit

The concern is the Government is not coming clean and informing the Australian public of the assumptions that they have made to give rise to a $10.4 billion package. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#australian #billion #clean #coming #concern

The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#business #confidence #consumer #consumer confidence #economy