We may very well be faced with the choice of retaining the AAA credit rating or abandoning some of our key infrastructure projects, which are about jobs for the future. I will choose jobs in that equation every time.
What we are trying to do is to look at all of those resources and say, well, would they be better spent on just advocacy and information, or can we make savings out of that and redirect them into savings.
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.
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.
Obviously any export of uranium to India could only occur within an appropriate international framework to be negotiated by the commonwealth government.
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.
Well, there are different levels of love.
You'll be much more successful if you follow your dreams and follow your passions.
If you present good government, then elections look after themselves.
Every user of the river down here understands that a healthy river is absolutely vital for a healthy economy and a healthy tourism industry.
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.
A stronger focus on quality public policymaking and less distraction of personalities would be a sufficient and important contribution I can make.
We have been getting ready to recycle more e-waste by investing in infrastructure, providing grants to local government and working with industry.
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.
Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.
We've been very patient over the years but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reset the rules for the River Murray and we're determined not to squander that opportunity.
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.
