Andrew Robb Quotes

Australia, Politician
August 20, 1951

Andrew John Robb AO is a former Australian Trade Minister and was the Liberal Party member for the Division of Goldstein in the House of Representatives. Robb announced his retirement from politics on the 10 February 2016. Robb was succeeded in the portfolio by The Hon Steven Ciobo MP on the 18 February 2016. A former federal director of the Liberal Party, he was first elected to parliament at the 2004 federal election, having previously managed the party's successful campaign at the 1996 federal election, which ended 13 years of Labor government.

We had a level of tariffs of about five per cent. Now a lot of those will go, most of them will go over time, some of them immediately. Now that means that electronic goods and other things, white goods, coming into Australia, will be cheaper for our community. It also means in many cases that the inputs used by our high-end manufacturers to make a final product are also coming in cheaper than they otherwise would - so it makes those manufacturers more competitive.

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There is a very strong deal for our farmers to start with. So from the export of farming, which is being looked at to make up some of the lost ground from the resources boom, to just about every area.

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- Farming
- Export

Trying to get a common set of trading rules right down to very simple things like paperless customs arrangements and telecommunications services and all those things that will help lower the cost and increase the ease of doing business across the region.

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We live in a world of terrorism where evil acts are being regularly perpetrated in the name of your faith. And because it is your faith that is being invoked as justification for these evil acts, it is your problem. You can't wish it away, or ignore it, just because it has been caused by others. Instead, speak up and condemn terrorism, defend your role in the way of life that we all share here in Australia.

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- Role
- Terrorism
Tripling aviation capacity from China into Australia over the next two years will ensure we are well placed to capture this growth.

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