Australian Quotes · Page 21

Malcolm Fraser, in the marrow of his bones, despised racism. He despised people who discriminated against other people because they were different…

— George Brandis

In some ways, Australian fans are more dedicated and more enthusiastic than some of our most loyal fans in the U.S.

— Isaac Hanson

The IIconics are a feisty Australian duo who have been a team since they came to WWE. They're masters on the microphone,…

— Natalya Neidhart

Hostility towards China distorted Australia's international affairs for 20 years until 1972, but reconciliation with China 30 years ago had produced a…

— Gough Whitlam

I used to have an Australian accent for school and an Irish accent for home.

— Genevieve O'Reilly

Things like Kitchen Cabinet, I'm not sure they necessarily tell the Australian people whether you have judgement, whether you have discernment, whether…

— Eric Abetz

I've gone on a Knausgaard bender with a young gay black man and an Australian grandmother - together.

— Torrey Peters

I was born in North London, migrated to Australia when I was four. So when I first came to Australia people saw…

— Michael Marmot

It is tragic that we have lost one of our nation's finest actors in the prime of his life. Heath Ledger's diverse…

— Kevin Rudd

The fact is Burke is smarter than two thirds of the Western Australian Labor Party rolled together.

— Paul Keating

The suburb was the major element of Australian society.

— Robin Boyd

With Australian audiences, there's a certain level of education - as far as how much access and exposure they have to music…

— Lupe Fiasco

The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.

— Tony Abbott

Everything we do as a government is focused on getting help and support for hard-working Australian families. We are standing up for…

— Malcolm Turnbull

Country of Origin labelling is something that consumers really want, and I think it's critical to support Australian farmers.

— Christine Milne

I work with accent coaches a lot and try to do my best to get the Australian out of there.

— Liam Hemsworth

Jamie Keehn, our second Australian punter. Again, you have to learn the language. You just can't speak to those guys. You have…

— Les Miles

I was born pretty lucky, an Aryan Australian, friendly girl, that gives you a lot of advantages in the world. I was…

— Sia Furler

Rupert Murdoch gave up his Australian citizenship in order to buy television stations in the United States, which is symptomatic of the…

— John Pilger

I like the story about me being pregnant. It was in some Australian magazine, on the front page! I was like, 'Wow,…

— Robert Pattinson

Let's be frank: if there are hardened terrorists [Australian] who are fighting overseas, we don't want to see those people come back…

— George Brandis

Public service and respect for ideas is a recurrent theme in both the American and Australian sides of my family.

— Bill Drayton

I definitely grew up on a lot of American bands. I didn't really know that there were any decent Australian bands until…

— Courtney Barnett

I was talking to Australian press earlier, and they said: we never stopped playing you. I tended to forget about that. It…

— Phil Collins

I think moving from Ireland to Australia, you couldn't get a more different accent on the palate. The Irish accent is very…

— Genevieve O'Reilly