I Try To Use The Australian Idiom

No Choice We Can Make As A Nation Lies Between Our History And Our Geography. We Can Hardly Change Either Of Them. They Are Immutable. The Only Choice We Can Make As A Nation Is The Choice About Our Future.

For John Howard To Get To Any High Moral Ground He Would Have To First Climb Out Of The Volcanic Hole He's Dug For Himself Over The Last Decade. You Know, It's Like One Of Those Deep Diamond Mined Holes In South Africa, You Know, They're About A Mile Underground. He'd Have To Come A Mile Up To Get To Even Equilibrium, Let Alone Have Any Contest In Morality With Kevin Rudd.

The Lesson Of The Federation Should Be That The Lesson Is Over. Australia Must Have A New Idea Of Itself. We Have To Strike Out In A New Direction, In A New Way, Armed With Our Own Self-regard, Our Own Confidence And Fully Appreciating Our Own Uniqueness. All Other Roads Will Lead Us Into The Shadow Of Great Powers.

[australian Reserve Bank] Governor Macfarlane Said Recently When Paul Volcker Broke The Back Of American Inflation It's Regarded As The Policy Triumph Of The Western World. When I Broke The Back Of Australian Inflation They Say, "oh, You're The Fellow That Put The Interest Rates Up." Am I Not The Same Fellow That Gave Them The 15 Years Of Good Growth And High Wealth That Came From It?

We Will Not Adopt The Fantastic Hypocrisy Of Modern Conservatism Which Preaches The Values Of Families And Communities, While Conducting A Direct Assault On Them Through Reduced Wages And Conditions And Job Security.