Australian Quote by Richard Flanagan

At the moment people get on boats because they flee terror at home and believe the many years' long wait in UNHCR camps is…

— Malcolm Fraser

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

Most of the people who are coming to Australia by boat have passed through several countries on the way, and if they simply wanted…

— Tony Abbott

“There was one thing no one considered, however: Australia was populated by Australians. While the rest of us were trying to adapt to a…

— Mira Grant

We will certainly have to rethink the way in which we design and protect places where large numbers of Australians and indeed this will…

— Malcolm Turnbull

“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

I grew up being scared of the water, which is embarrassing to say as an Australian, but it's true.

— Yvonne Strahovski

Australia can no longer afford to go down the path of confrontation and fragmentation which has embittered and disfigured so many aspects of the…

— Bob Hawke

I believe the Australian people have an affection for the Queen, and so they should have.

— Bob Hawke

“No Australian today is responsible for what happened on our colonial frontier. But we are responsible for not acknowledging what happened. If we do…

— Timothy Bottoms

Even the Australians don't know how beautiful their own country is. Particularly where we were shooting 'The Straits.' Most of my stuff was done…

— Brian Cox

For us Australians, Singapore also represents sacred soil. Almost 2000 Australians died here in the defense of your island country and our neighborhood.

— Michael Jeffery