Top 28 Quotes & Sayings by Anthony Albanese

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Australian politician Anthony Albanese.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Anthony Norman Albanese is an Australian politician serving as the 31st and current prime minister of Australia since 2022. He has been leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2019 and the member of parliament (MP) for Grayndler since 1996. Albanese previously served as the 15th deputy prime minister under the second Rudd government in 2013; he held various ministerial positions in the governments of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard from 2007 to 2013.

Australian - Politician | Born: March 2, 1963

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None of the serious maritime incidents I had to deal with as transport minister off the pristine Queensland or Western Australian coastline involved an Australian flagged and crewed vessel.

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Australia has an economic interest in ensuring our cities have 21st century urban rail transport to reduce traffic congestion.

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If we're going to compete in this century, we have to compete on the basis of how smart we are.

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High-speed rail would revolutionise interstate travel and would also be an economic game-changer for dozens of regional communities along its path.

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Despite the enormous role that local government plays in our daily lives, the constitution makes not one mention of it.

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The very best Labor governments in our nation's history distinguished themselves by thinking big and, wherever possible, resisting the temptation to overemphasise short-term political considerations.

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We are not a single-issue party that puts abstract policy ahead of the working lives of people. We are not bitter, frightened xenophobes.

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If we are to celebrate the giants in Australian public life, then Robert Garran must be among them. A lawyer and passionate advocate of Federation, Garran was one of several hands that drafted our constitution.

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The passage of time is likely to make high-speed rail more and more desirable, making it critical that politicians of today think ahead to tomorrow.

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Whether politicians are dealing with complex policy problems or trying to communicate with the electorate, it makes sense to establish a clear, long term narrative underpinned by forward-looking policies to deliver on its vision.

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A critical component of progress is engaging with people you don't agree with - everything else is the status quo.

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Labor believes in sustainability. We believe in acting on climate change, not just talking about it.

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True conservatives fear anything that is at odds with the status quo, even to the extent of being unable to recognise when the status quo represents injustice. And reactionary conservatives actually want to tear down the gains of the past.

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Politicians who lack the vision to lead the community on big issues like public transport often hide their inaction by blaming other levels of government when anyone complains.

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The sporting fields where Australia's greats began their careers are built and rebuilt with Commonwealth help, as are the halls and community centres where our most of our well-known stars first felt the magic of the stage.

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What Labor has said very clearly is that there should be up to life sentences for people who traffic in guns.

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Australian seafarers make an important contribution to national security in a country with thousands of kilometres of uninhabited coastline.

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No mainstream politician believes in open borders, but a policy that uses its prolonged treatment of detained people as an ongoing deterrent to others has a deep flaw at its heart.

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Less cars on the road means productivity and jobs growth, as it allows for the more efficient movement of goods and services and encourages greater urban population density.

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There is a separation - a very clear separation - between the judiciary, the legal system, and the political system in this country, and that's why Labor has a problem with the issue of mandatory sentencing as a principle.

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What Australians expect of leaders is a bit of integrity.

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Our national challenge is to continue to drive sustained economic growth.

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The fact is Qatar, Etihad, Emirates, Singapore, Garuda, all of the three Chinese airlines, Air New Zealand - the fact is that international aviation relies very much upon agreements between nation-states, and it is not an area in which you have free market operations.

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Short-term thinking is the greatest enemy of good government.

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If you invest in education and training of our young people, what you do is you increase the future economic capacity of the nation.

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It is in the national interest to have the Flying Kangaroo. It's in the interests of our tourism industry. It's in the interests of jobs here in Australia.

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You can guarantee that mining uranium will lead to nuclear waste. You can't guarantee that uranium mining will not lead to nuclear weapons.

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I like fighting Tories... that's what I do.

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