It is the misfortune of contemporary leaders, across the whole spectrum of Australian life, that the community's demand for strong leadership is… — Hugh Mackay Copy Share Image
An education system where student selection is based on credit capacity and not merit capacity and where graduating students are no longer… — Gough Whitlam Copy Share Image
We need to tell Australian stories,we need to encourage and fund and present Australian work but we also need to understand that… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
They might be a good friend, but they are also a bitter commercial rival. Let's not kid ourselves.. The American wheat industry… — John Howard Copy Share Image
I always think the really unfortunate thing about the Australian film industry is its lack of momentum. And I don't mean this… — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new writers to sell a book to a… — Greg Egan Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, when Australian winemakers try to make delicate, European-styled wines of finesse and lightness, the wines often come across as pale… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
I am not part of that earlier Australian generation who set off on a deliberate search for fame and fortune in distant… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
We know that a large majority of the Australian society is extremely comfortable with a multicultural society, that we accept that living… — Tim Soutphommasane Copy Share Image
Yet the small house, probably more than anything else that man has done, has made the face of Australia and to an… — Robin Boyd Copy Share Image
For me, Brett Emerton is the heart and soul of the Australian team. Him signing for Sydney FC, it has to be… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
I do not have any official responsibilities related to the Australian Olympic Committee or the Federation of Athletic Associations since I am… — Cathy Freeman Copy Share Image
If you're Australian, you feel it in your bones because you're at odds with everybody else, except other Australians, in the sense… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
You are not prime minister of Australia because of some kind of process of divine selection. You are prime minister of Australia… — John Howard Copy Share Image
Years later, when I was working as a trolley wally in a supermarket, I tackled the boredom by talking to the customers… — Romesh Ranganathan Copy Share Image
Supposedly I've got traces of an English accent, though I can't hear it. I must have inherited it from my mother, who's… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
If government and media and all of us in the Australian tribe got together, and the rock industry, we'd just be the… — Yahoo Serious Copy Share Image
I deeply believe that if the Australian Labor Party, a party of which I have been a proud member for more than… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
I kind of worry about that a little bit - we lost our film culture for 30 years because the Americans came… — Yahoo Serious Copy Share Image
I think, often with Australian films, if an Australian film has been given the seal of approval by an offshore festival or… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
I've got a good Barbarians squad including Australian backs who have played together. Gavin Henson would make a fool of himself if… — Nick Mallett Copy Share Image
It is time Australian Muslims stop being treated as negotiable citizens in their own country. It is time people stop 'tolerating' us,… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share Image
I seem to have a soft spot in my heart for Australia and Australian actors. After having worked with one in 'Cinderella'… — Lea Salonga Copy Share Image
Frank Lowy is an institution in Australian sport but judging by this decision he might be visiting a different kind of institution.… — Clive Palmer Copy Share Image
If the Australian Government were to associate itself with the United States attack on Iraq, which was not sanctioned by the United… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
Grunge gave me a sense of identity, and I remember really associating with 'Silverchair,' who were these chilled-out Australian teenagers. The fact… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
I wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian children's entertainer on… — Jared Harris Copy Share Image
Cricket has so many meanings to so many Australians. It’s become precisely that - an Australian way of life. And what a… — Richie Benaud Copy Share Image
Media were never allowed into an Australian dressing room until I became skipper. I changed that and invited them in at the… — Richie Benaud Copy Share Image
I felt completely ready to become prime minister. I came to office better equipped, in terms of knowledge of economics and of… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
To me, being Australian is about looking after your mates, taking care of the less fortunate, supporting the underdog and enhancing the… — Steve Waugh Copy Share Image
We have lost all our big Australian industries and icons, including Qantas when it sold 25 per cent of its shares and… — Pauline Hanson Copy Share Image
My partner of 45 years is Australian, and a big part of her character is that marvellous quality of irony which Aussies… — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
I went from not being known anywhere in the world to winning junior Wimbledon and six months later playing the Australian Open.… — Ashleigh Barty Copy Share Image
You don't leave Australia unless you are passionate. Any Australian actor who comes to America is really committed. There are no dabblers… — Margot Robbie Copy Share Image
Wherever you are in the world, there's always something about the Australian light. There's something about the sharpness of it, something about… — Ken Done Copy Share Image
Our South Australian farmers left their holdings in the hands of their wives and children too young to take with them, but… — Catherine Helen Spence Copy Share Image
Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share Image
I don't think a swimmer on film works unless you're Australian, because for them, swimmers are like their football players, their basketball… — Scott Speedman Copy Share Image
I know some Australian players who were at Dortmund when he was there and found out about him. Wagner is a leader… — Aaron Mooy Copy Share Image
