Australian Quote by Joe Hockey

The more we can do to address fiscal austerity, the better our markets will do, and there is a real political shift to doing…

— Meredith Whitney

One of the things that happens when you have austerity is that wages get lower, and some people think lower wages in the short…

— Joseph Stiglitz

This is a government which is proposing to put at risk our manufacturing industry, to penalise struggling families, to make a tough situation worse…

— Tony Abbott

If this Government cannot get the adjustment, get manufacturing going again, and keep moderate wage outcomes and a sensible economic policy, then Australia is…

— Paul Keating

“Austerity, especially when it cannot be offset by a significant lowering of interest rates, brings with it increases in unemployment -- particularly enduring unemployment…

— Alex Himelfarb

Anything to do with any new form of tax, like consumption tax in Japan, carbon tax in Australia, these are big issues that cannot…

— Najib Razak

What are these so-called austerity measures? What do they really bring? Oh, they bring a lot more poverty. Oh, they bring a worse GDP.…

— Gerald Celente

Voters want prosperity, not austerity.

— John Redwood

Australia's economic future depends upon getting smarter. This means investing in the skills and knowledge of our workforce.

— Bill Shorten

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

I genuinely believe if we get the chance to do something in Sydney, the people of Australia will win out of that proposal. There…

— James Packer

Poor quality of representatives... is not a purely Australian phenomenon - it's a worldwide phenomenon.

— Bob Hawke