Peter Costello Quotes (17 Quotes)

I can't understand how clubs would allow it. They might say, 'well it's a legal drug and there is nothing wrong with taking it,' but it sends a bad example when you (take) pills like that.

The deadline cannot be extended past April 24, when he will announce his decision,

Increasing demand in East Asia can be met from Australian interests, the Middle East or projects being developed north of Japan, ... but I want it to come from the North West Shelf.

Linking price increases or wage claims to fuel prices will not be good for the economy, or their business, ... would have bad implications for the Australian economy, including on the monetary policy front.

Mr. Gerard is eminently suitable to be a member of the Reserve Bank board, ... He is a fit and proper person to be on the board.

I did not find this an easy decision, ... In fact it is one of the hardest decisions one could ever face in public life because it was so evenly poised.

The progress is gradual and I think it will be some time before China has a floating currency as we know it.

Exports have been disappointing. Higher petrol prices and a waning of the housing boom contributed to the recent moderation in household consumption growth.

As India continues its decade-long emergence from the dead hand of socialism and further opens itself to international markets, much the same has started to occur, although it is not as advanced yet as China,

She has no plan for Australia and the divisive and vicious future that she is promulgating will be repudiated,

But in the end the decision was mine and I made it.

Australia is a secular state and any Muslim immigrant who cannot accept that should leave.

I think it could be done in a clean, safe way to deliver cheap energy and we in Australia have the energy they need.

These wage costs show that there are real wage increases going on in the community, but they are restrained and consistent with low inflation, provided the economy maintains productivity growth,

I've said before and I'll say it again, that we have to be vigilant,

Well, actually, Neil, let's be precise, it is all there on the record, but expect it to be misrepresented. I said, as Treasurer and deputy leader in a sense I lead, and I have to lead in relation to economic policy. That is what I said. I mean, you can't blame the journalist who wants to sell a newspaper for turning that round into a headline. What else would you expect me to do

part of the Western tradition of individual rights. If you dont like those values, then dont come here.