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People want the freedom. They want to be able to shop. If you don't like the shop trading hours and you're a shop owner, you don't have to open.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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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We have been getting ready to recycle more e-waste by investing in infrastructure, providing grants to local government and working with industry.
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I have learned to not worry about things I can't control.
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Well, there are different levels of love.
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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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Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.
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You don't get unity by ignoring the questions that have to be faced.
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Obviously any export of uranium to India could only occur within an appropriate international framework to be negotiated by the commonwealth government.
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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.