#australia

Australia is about as far away as you can get. I like that. ↗

— Andre Benjamin

#australia #away #far #far away #get

If you got the DVD you can see that George Lucas has taken that person out, as well as the voice, and we shot this scene when we arrived in Australia during the actual filming of Episode 3. ↗

— Ian McDiarmid

#arrived #australia #during #dvd #episode

If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia - I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for me. ↗

— Nellie Melba

#been #best #got #help #i

Because in Australia there really isn't a lot to do. There aren't a lot of opportunities. ↗

— Radha Mitchell

#because #lot #opportunities #really

You can learn a lot when you play in a little town in Holland or Western Australia, and you learn different things than you would learn playing a big city. ↗

— Jonathan Richman

#big #big city #city #different #different things

I'm out there arguing the Labor case. I will do it anywhere and everywhere that I can. I do it within various communities across Australia where I am able to make a positive contribution. And let me tell you, my voice won't be silenced in the public debate because the issue at stake for Australia are so stark. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#across #am #anywhere #arguing #australia

2009 was a tough year, but Australia rose to the challenge of the global financial crisis. It shows what can be done when we all join together and work together, governments of all persuasions state, territory and local; businesses large and small; unions and local communities right across the nation. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#australia #businesses #challenge #communities #crisis

As nations we should also commit afresh to righting past wrongs. In Australia we began this recently with the first Australians - the oldest continuing culture in human history. On behalf of the Australian Parliament, this year I offered an apology to indigenous Australians for the wrongs they had suffered in the past. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#also #apology #australia #australian #australians

As you know, the Australian Labour Party is committed to turning the country into a republic. We've not stipulated a timeline for doing that. We are sensitive to the other priorities we've got as a nation and in the world, but in time the country will head in that direction. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#committed #country #direction #doing #got

Building a new Health and Hospitals Network is fundamental to building a stronger and fairer Australia. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#building #fairer #fundamental #health #hospitals