Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Joe Hockey

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Australian politician Joe Hockey.

Last updated on November 20, 2024.

Joseph Benedict Hockey is an Australian politician and diplomat. He was the Member of Parliament for North Sydney from 1996 until 2015. He was the Treasurer of Australia in the Abbott Government from 18 September 2013 until September 2015 when he resigned from Cabinet, having refused an alternative offer from the incoming Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull. He previously served as the Minister for Human Services and Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations in the Howard Government. He also served as Ambassador of Australia to the United States from January 2016 until January 2020.

Australian - Politician | Born: August 2, 1965

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I find those wind turbines around Lake George to be utterly offensive. I think they're just a blight on the landscape.

Joe Hockey

I will never ever support a people swap where you can send a 13 year old child, unaccompanied to a country without supervision. Never, it'll be over my dead body. How dare they.

Joe Hockey

I'm not as bearish as many others about China. Why? Because China must grow. So I am far more optimistic about China.

Joe Hockey

The poorest people either don't have cars or actually don't drive very far in many cases.

Joe Hockey

As Australians, we must not leave our children worse off. That’s not fair. That is not our way.

Joe Hockey

In fact, in Parliament, I pointed out that Australians on average incomes would move into the second highest tax bracket in the next couple of years. That is going to slow down the Australian economy. It's bad for households.

Joe Hockey

I'm not going to count the dollars before they've come in.

Joe Hockey

We will continue to go out onto the streets and to protest, and actively encourage the public to support us in our campaign for free education.

Joe Hockey

It is not the role of government to use the taxation and welfare system as a tool to level the playing field.

Joe Hockey

No matter what happens in the future, whether it is a Labor government or a Coalition government, whoever is in government is going to have to fix the budget.

Joe Hockey

Fiscal policy, monetary policy, they need to work together to try and raise the level of growth.

Joe Hockey

Everyone is a buyer, everyone's a potential purchaser and everyone's a potential vendor.

Joe Hockey