Jay Weatherill Quotes

• If you present good government, then elections look after themselves.

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• 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.

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• I’ve decided to lead in a way that takes people with me. It’s the approach that I think will stand not only our party but also our state in good stead.

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• I want to make sure we are presenting to the South Australian people a Government that is open and accountable. I want to make sure that we maintain public confidence in government at all levels.

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• I think we all share a view about wanting to make sure we have a healthy river and we’re looking forward to the plan and in the lead-up to that we’ve agreed to speak again.

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• I think there is a case for strong action and intervention when there is criminality and when the leaders are corrupt or behaving in a criminal fashion.

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• I think the truth of it is that when you get down to actually having to do the things on the ground, there is only one way to do it, and that’s in cooperation with the communities.

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• I have learned to not worry about things I can’t control.

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• I don’t think the AAA is an end in itself; we will maintain prudent financial management with or without the AAA.

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• 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.

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• I believe good governments have nothing to hide. We want to ensure we maintain confidence in our public institutions.

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• Grace Portolesi is a strong, assertive passionate young woman and she is precisely the sort of person I want in my cabinet and she will have a senior role.

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• Everybody has to make their own decisions about how they choose to behave.

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• Every user of the river down here understands that a healthy river is absolutely vital for a healthy economy and a healthy tourism industry.

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• Defence is our best attack.

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• Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• A stronger focus on quality public policymaking and less distraction of personalities would be a sufficient and important contribution I can make.

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Jay Weatherill (39)

Birth:	1964
Nationality:	Australian
Profession:	Lawyer, Politician

About

Jay Wilson Weatherill was born in Adelaide, Australia. He is an Australian politician who is the 45th and current Premier of South Australia, serving since 21 October 2011. He has represented the House of Assembly seat of Cheltenham as a member of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party since the 2002 election. He studied at the University of Adelaide, graduating with degrees in law and economics. In the early 1990s, he worked at the law firm Duncan Hannon with Patrick Conlon and Isobel Redmond. With fellow Adelaide lawyer Stephen Lieschke, he established industrial law firm Lieschke & Weatherill in 1995. He is married to Melissa. They have two young daughters.

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