Quotes by Jay Weatherill

About Jay Weatherill:

Jay Wilson Weatherill is an Australian politician who is the 45th and current Premier of South Australia, serving since 21 October 2011. Weatherill has represented the House of Assembly seat of Cheltenham as a member of the Australian Labor Party since the 2002 election.
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I believe that investing in our children's development from the earliest age is the single most important contribution we can make to the health and wellbeing of our citizens, their capacity and the future prosperity of our state.

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Defence is our best attack.

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I think the truth of it is that when you get down to actually having to do the things on the ground, there is only one way to do it, and that's in cooperation with the communities.

Jay Weatherill

People want the freedom. They want to be able to shop. If you don't like the shop trading hours and you're a shop owner, you don't have to open.

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All the government decisions remain and won't be altered until I get in the role and have had a chance to discuss them with my colleagues.

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One thing we do know about the threat of climate change is that the cost of adjustment only grows the longer it's left unaddressed.

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Obviously any export of uranium to India could only occur within an appropriate international framework to be negotiated by the commonwealth government.

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Our job as a government is to start with the great underpinnings of our current economic growth - particularly defence and mining - and build on these.

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We have been getting ready to recycle more e-waste by investing in infrastructure, providing grants to local government and working with industry.

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I want to make sure we are presenting to the South Australian people a Government that is open and accountable. I want to make sure that we maintain public confidence in government at all levels.

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We are all in this together. We want to have, I suppose, a single point of entry so that anyone coming near a disability service can get a very complete picture. Government needs to understand that picture, and we need to be able to offer somebody a ...

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My government, you can be assured, will be less focused on personalities. It is about treating people with respect. I think complaining about the community not being able to see the wisdom of our ideas is the wrong approach.

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Our commitment to defence goes beyond this. It's a long-term commitment to make SA the home for Australian defence. It's a commitment to providing the right infrastructure and the right people.

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You'll be much more successful if you follow your dreams and follow your passions.

Jay Weatherill

We know that defence work results in more than great defence hardware - it can drive innovation and advances in all areas of our life.

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If you present good government, then elections look after themselves.

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By and large we have got to find the good leaders to work with to make sure that we build the strength in these communities. Simply issuing edicts from Canberra isn't going to solve issues on the APY lands.

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I've decided to lead in a way that takes people with me. It's the approach that I think will stand not only our party but also our state in good stead.

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I believe good governments have nothing to hide. We want to ensure we maintain confidence in our public institutions.

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If we wish our state's growth to continue, then our future will increasingly be with industries that require a highly skilled and technically proficient workforce.

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Author Bio

  • NameJay Weatherill
  • Description45th Premier of South Australia
  • BornApril 3, 1964
  • CountryAustralia
  • ProfessionPolitician