#red

Prevention is one of the few known ways to reduce demand for health and aged care services. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#aged care #care #demand #few #health

For me, the main principle for broadcasters has to be that if people stand to benefit from an interview, they should be prepared to face some downside as well. ↗

— Evan Davis

#benefit #broadcasters #downside #face #interview

I've always been scared of advertising folk. I've met them at parties and I've been to their offices and I've always found them intimidatingly cool. At one company I visited, they held their meetings in a caravan that had somehow been installed in the place, a rather more exotic place to gather than the typical BBC glass box. ↗

— Evan Davis

#always #bbc #been #box #caravan

It is no wonder that bank capital is regulated. When borrowing and lending is profitable, it is tempting for banks to scale up their operations and to borrow and lend too much in relation to their capital, in effect reducing the effectiveness of the potential capital cushion. ↗

— Evan Davis

#banks #borrow #borrowing #capital #cushion

The strongest initiative that government can take to ensure Australia is prepared for population ageing, is to maintain a strong economy, and a secure nation. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#australia #economy #ensure #government #initiative

Tobacco companies are legally operating entities in Australia. If the Government thinks that they should not make donations to political parties, well then they should ban them operating as legally structured entities in Australia. ↗

— Julie Bishop

#ban #companies #donations #entities #government

Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired. ↗

— Mark Twain

#god #made #man #tired #week

Duke came to us. They volunteered to come to us and made a number of suggestions to some people on my staff. I don't know how I would characterize them, but there have been some discussions going back and forth between Duke and members of my staff. ↗

— Gray Davis

#been #between #came #characterize #come

Here is my general approach to the energy companies. You have already charged the utilities a 50 percent credit penalty for the power they were buying from you. You're charging us a penalty. You're not going to get two bites of the apple here. ↗

— Gray Davis

#apple #approach #bites #buying #charged

Meanwhile, hard-working Americans are increasingly faced with workplace conditions in which critically important safeguards are watered down, emerging problems are ignored, and enforcement is scaled back. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#conditions #critically #down #emerging #enforcement