37 Quotes by Kim Beazley

The problem with this government is it never bothers to go round the region and explain what its doing.

The prime minister, the foreign minister and the trade minister were the three wise monkeys: they saw no evil, they spoke no evil, they heard no evil but they knew all about it. It's a sorry story of a government in a mode of reckless negligence.

The prime minister is not telling the truth about this because this has got nothing to do with anything good for the Australian economy,

I am growing more and more concerned about the potential for foreign ships to operate in Australia's coastal waters without adequate vetting,

Barnaby always brings two jumpers to the game. He doesn't know which team to support.

It increases the pressure for Howard to appear.

I was defence minister for a few years,

Our reform legacy by then had not produced a substantial rise in wages and job opportunities. People saw the hard side of reform but not the gains. Many ... traditional Labor supporters carried the brunt of the change and sheeted home the blame to him.

I think he's quite wrong. I think we will win the next election if we're fit for government and we've got the right policies,