Australian - Politician | April 3, 1964 -
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.
Jay Weatherill
GrowthFutureWishWillWorkforce
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.
HomeCommitmentPeopleBeyondRight
You don't get unity by ignoring the questions that have to be faced.
UnityQuestionsYouIgnoringGet
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.
FreedomPeopleYouWantOpenAble
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.
FutureAgeChildrenHealthBelieve
The two defining issues of this century are both universal but felt locally: the global water crisis and the resources boom.
WaterCrisisTwoResourcesGlobal
South Australia has transformed. There has been a range of changes to our economy over the past 10 years in which we have genuinely set ourselves up for the future. I think we have to start behaving like that's real and project a quiet confidence in the future of our state.
ConfidenceFuturePastStartThink
Everybody has to make their own decisions about how they choose to behave.
DecisionsChooseBehaveOwnHow
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.
GovernmentChanceColleaguesRole
We need to get back to the concept of taking the community with us.
CommunityBackNeedUsGetConcept
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 one-stop shop.
ServiceTogetherGovernmentPicture
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.
WorkStrengthGoodFindBuildGoing
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Jay Weatherill quotes