33 Quotes by Mark Vaile

The reconstruction contract will result in significant export income (for Australia) and a number of employment opportunities in Iraq and Australia,

With only seven weeks left until the Hong Kong ministerial conference in December, we have just about run out of time, ... If Hong Kong fails there is little chance of completing negotiations in 2006, putting the future of multilateral trade reform at serious risk for the short term.

We cannot continue to baulk at making commitments because we want someone else to move first. All areas of the negotiations need to move forward together.

We welcome this announcement, ... The Australian government has announced a judicial inquiry on this matter and it is common sense to let that process run its course.

enormous opportunities to Australian companies interested in profiting in the world's largest and most dynamic economy.

There's still a lot of work to be done.

I've seen the reports and, yes, our consular officials from Cairo are currently seeking to confirm those reports and to provide consular assistance to the Australian women, but there are not too many more details available,

Our expectations are that that (EU tariff cut) figure needs to be well above 54 percent. It's a positive move in the right direction but still not enough.

Any discussion of zonal tax rates immediately raises constitutional issues. The chances of changing section 99 of the Constitution by referendum on this issue are zero,