"On average, Australians watch more than three hours……" — Hugh Mackay
"On average, Australians watch more than three hours of television a day, compared with 12 minutes a day spent by the average couple talking to each other."
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33 Quotes by Hugh Mackay
Hugh Mackay has 33 quotes on this site.
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Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.
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Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching…
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Universal literacy was a 20th-century goal. Before then, reading and writing were skills largely confined to a small, highly educated…
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Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.
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It seems inevitable that the magic of the written word will fade.
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But the rule seems to be that the bigger and more life-changing the decision, the less it will seem like…
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It is the misfortune of contemporary leaders, across the whole spectrum of Australian life, that the community's demand for strong…
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One of the most important responsibilities of leaders in any setting - including business organisations - is to tell us…
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The yearning for strong leadership is more about strength of purpose - clarity of vision - than about merely 'getting…
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Polls are no substitute for leadership because, at its very essence, leadership is about giving people what they don't already…
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Is it possible that literacy standards are falling because young Australians are growing up in a culture in which they…
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Yet in our enthusiasm for the idea that everyone should be able to read and write fluently, we may be…
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More Australians Quotes
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At the last census it indicated that about 22 per cent of Australians were born overseas.
— Julie Bishop
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People love events - they love performances, they love music - and I think Australians are great entertainers.
— Cate Blanchett
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As Australians, we see the law as inherently bad. We have a real inherent distaste for authority in our makeup.
— Nick Cave
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If you're Australian, you feel it in your bones because you're at odds with everybody else, except other Australians, in…
— Nick Cave
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Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may…
— William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
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For dash and gallantry the bloodthirsty Scots, Australians and Canadians led the way, with the impetuous Irish close behind. The…
— Adrian Carton de Wiart
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Citizenship has not delivered Indigenous Australians the same quality of life other Australians expect. Basic human rights involve health, housing,…
— Jackie Huggins
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Only in sport? The qualification would seem meaningless to many Australians. What also is there that matters as much as…
— Donald Horne
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Fair-goes are not only for oneself, but for underdogs. Even in international sporting matches Australians have been known to switch…
— Donald Horne
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Australians are not given to applauding tragedy unless it is at a distance like Gallipoli or Cooper's Creek, and they…
— Geoffrey Dutton
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There is a timelessness about sport. Like music and art, it is a quality that cuts across generations and nations.…
— Unknown Author
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It's an interesting thing in this country. I haven't won a gold medal, yet Australians still take me into their…
— Raelene Boyle
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