37 Quotes by Kim Beazley

Then there's what John Howard didn't tell them. That he was planning an all-out attack on their wages, penalty rates and job security.

I'm prepared to consider what the states put forward in a favorable way.

I'm sorry she feels that way, I really am,

If you actually had a coast guard, you would have effective enforcement in our northern waters. Good fences make good neighbors. As far as maritime issues are concerned, a good fence is a coast guard.

If there were gold medals for biting the hand that feeds you, Mark Latham would be standing on top of the dais.

I am particularly concerned about the risk posed by carriage of very dangerous substances, especially ammonium nitrate. It's becoming clearer that Australian authorities have no way of checking the bona fides of these foreign crews.

The unfortunate thing is that it brings this in to play at a time when there is regional disagreement with our endorsing of national missiles defenses.

This is not about choice -- it's about cutting wages.

The folk who come here through this process should go back to Indonesia, and we will negotiate as much by which that will happen, and only we can do it,