#australians

On average, the Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese are more similar to each other and are different from Australians, Israelis and the Swedes, who in turn are similar to each other and are different from Nigerians, Kenyans, and Jamaicans. ↗

— J. Philippe Rushton

#average #chinese #different #each #israelis

Australians are very provincial in many ways. If they feel that you've used them as a stepping stone to bigger things, they resent it. ↗

— Graham Russell

#bigger #feel #many #provincial #resent

Australians are geniuses with a good sense of humour. ↗

— Fred Schneider

#geniuses #good #good sense #humour #sense

Australians are very unfair in this way. They spend half of any conversation insisting that the country's dangers are vastly overrated and that there's nothing to worry about, and the other half telling you how six months ago their Uncle Bob was driving to Mudgee when a tiger snake slid out from under the dashboard and bit him on the groin, but that it's okay now because he's off the life support machine and they've discovered he can communicate with eye blinks. ↗

— Bill Bryson

#communication

All Australians understand that high-quality, reliable and affordable broadband is a critical part of the infrastructure our nation needs to prosper in coming years. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#australians #broadband #coming #critical #high-quality

I think Australians like a bit of vulgarity. ↗

— Julian Clary

#bit #i #i think #like #think

It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#common #english #how #much #only

On the same line of reasoning, if Australians were to be Australians, or rather if Australians were as separate from any other nation as Australia from any other land, there would be no jealousy between them on England's account. ↗

— Henry Lawson

#any #australia #australians #between #england

What's fascinating about the Australians is they have this quality that they are impervious to majesty. They're not awed. ↗

— Tom Hooper

#australians #awed #fascinating #impervious #majesty

The Australia to 2050 report highlights something that is well understood by South Australians, that infrastructure plays a key role in long-term economic expansion. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#australians #economic #expansion #highlights #infrastructure