Australia Quote by Bob Hawke

In the field of snobbery, Australia is an underdeveloped country; even a few British ex-colonies, regarded as under developed in all other respects, could…

— George Mikes

I don't see why, if you look at how the Australian culture and psyche is, that we can't be amongst the most generous, from…

— Andrew Forrest

Disparity is Australia's worst social problem. Thousands of lives are slowly being crushed, while billions are wasted on thousands of little initiatives trying to…

— Andrew Forrest

The Australian people want to help build this country into a great nation. This budget... has not realized the capacity of the Australian people.…

— Anonymous

Austerity is literally a matter of life and death. Unless it is stopped, lives will continue to be unnecessarily shortened.

— Owen Jones

As an outsider, you don't think of Australia as being old-fashioned - it's only when you've been here for a period of time when…

— Boy George

I'm not saying this in a condescending kind of way, but it's quite simple: The making of America was a heroic thing. Australia has…

— Nick Cave

“The enigma that had bothered me in Sydney was beginning to resolve itself. If Australians allowed themselves to be represented worldwide as a nation…

— Ted Simon

If anything, global response to the Rising only confirmed something that many Australians had quietly believed for quite some time: If forced to live…

— Mira Grant

The lesson of the Federation should be that the lesson is over. Australia must have a new idea of itself. We have to strike…

— Paul Keating

We still have disgraceful policies on asylum seekers and Aboriginal Australians continue to die in custody.

— Justine Larbalestier

People are increasingly frustrated that decisions taken further and further away from them mean their living standards are slashed through enforced austerity or their…

— David Cameron