Anthony Albanese Quotes

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Anthony Albanese

Profession : Politician

Birth : March 2, 1963

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.

Anthony Albanese

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

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

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

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

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

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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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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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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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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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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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