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Tragedies happen, accidents happen.
We are bound by our limitations to believe.
The future will either be green or not at all.
I was President of the Queensland Young Liberals in 1981.
One-time Guinness World Record holder for Yo-Yo endurance.
Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.
I have never met a person in whom I did not see myself reflected.
I will be Green until the day I die, if not for a long time after.
I don't know if I am a very good politician. I'm not a good hater.
I didn't want to be a shock absorber; I wanted to deliver the shock.
As a Green, my goal is to put a smile on the face of the coming generations.
I think the cultural programming on the ABC is one of the glories of the ABC.
There's not enough of us in the Northern Territory in Federal Parliament to squabble.
There have been 44 constitutional referenda in Australia and only eight have succeeded.
I've never been one of those people, who subscribe to this notion that the book is dead.
The government's living in its own cloud cuckoo land and it's a cloud of greenhouse gases.
I'm worried about the traditional media, but I think the new media is a plus for democracy.
One of the things about federal politics is that it has been remarkably free of corruption.
The political bug first bit me was Malcolm Fraser's resignation from the Gorton Government.
I'm a very great non-violent character. I would never resort to violence to change anything.
The great works belong to no one nation, no one cultural tradition even. They are universal.
The crime of bribery of foreign officials is an offence under the Commonwealth Criminal Code.
I think it would be frankly a retrograde thing for Pauline Hanson to be elected to the Senate.
The tyranny of distance is such an important element of policy and the allocation of resources.
The overarching factor to me is if we can't be kind to each other, we won't be kind to the planet.
The deciding differentiator in how you drive LOYALTY lies within your greatest asset....your people.
There are better alternatives... Australia should be exporting its solar technology, not its uranium.
Banning refugees from fleeing west Africa is like shuttering up the windows while a house burns down.
We would love to see walking groups more widely recommended by physicians, health trainers and nurses.
Historically, it's very unusual after a change of government for the new government not to be returned.
I don't think any Australian will ever forget, there will never be a Carbon Tax under a government I lead.
Marriage equality does not diminish the worth of your relationships; it simply recognises the worth of ours.
The pursuit of eternity is no longer the prerogative of the gods - it is the business of us all, here and now.
I can assure you that everyone that talks to me doesn't share my views. I seem to be a barometer of public opinion.
I think I could have been quite difficult to fathom as a youngster, this kid who didn't talk about himself very much.
For comprehensive Earth action, an all-of-the-Earth representative democracy is required. That is, a global parliament.
That's one of the good things about being from the political centre, you're willing to work with both side of politics.
I've always thought, and it gets tested at times, that I have a great faith in the fundamental goodness of human beings.
Painting is of course multifarious, and for all of us the goal is, gaining control without impeding the creative process.
Real life security and contentment come not from putting a gun in the cupboard, but from taking a role in the world's future.
Country of Origin labelling is something that consumers really want, and I think it's critical to support Australian farmers.
I decided few years ago to leave the bar to pursue a career in politics because I wanted to make a contribution in Parliament.
Capricornia is one of the most marginal seats in the country. So naturally the electoral battle is fought in the marginal seats.
There's a presumption that somehow you calculate beforehand whether something is going to be good politically or not. I simply don't.
Sure, you can argue one way or the other, and I respect those who think Adani should go ahead. I ask for respect in the other direction.
We are all born bonded to nature; that's why we put depictions of flowers and forests, rather than bulldozers or log piles, on our walls.
We people of the Earth exist because our potential was there in the Big Bang, 13.7 billion years ago, as the universe exploded into being.
I think it's important to have a blend just as we need to have by the way a mix of different opera companies and different arts companies.
It is a necessary precondition for the success of a referendum that there should be broad community consensus and bipartisan support for it.
What I seek to do is to establish the facts as I see them, or as I understand them, and to engage in constructive dialogue to get good outcomes.