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Wayne Swan Quotes
Australian
-
Politician
June 30, 1954
Isn't that the great thing about Christmas? You get a lot of respite, time to recharge your batteries, time with family without too much else happening anywhere else in the world, time to focus on the people you love and the activities that you enjoy, time to exercise, to read.
Wayne Swan
Losing a parent is a hard thing... I often sit here and think it would be great if mum and dad were alive and had a chance to see their grandkids grow up.
Wayne Swan
Great
Think
Grow
Chance
Grandkids
Hard Thing
Mum And Dad
Alive
Dad
Grow Up
Had
Hard
Here
Losing
Mum
Often
Parent
See
Sit
Thing
Up
Were
Would
Would-Be
You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.
Wayne Swan
You
Economy
Opportunities
Seize
Groundwork
Laid
21st Century
Century
You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you're not on the path to a clean energy future.
Wayne Swan
Future
You
Path
Energy
Clean Energy
21st Century
Century
Clean
Economy
As is widely accepted, putting a price on carbon pollution is the lowest cost and most efficient way to tackle dangerous climate change.
Wayne Swan
Change
Way
Dangerous
Climate Change
Accepted
Carbon
Efficient
Lowest
Pollution
Tackle
Widely
Climate
Cost
Most
Price
Putting
We know that a smarter Australia means a stronger Australia. An Australia able to grasp the opportunities of the Asian Century. A skilled workforce and a strong, productive and resilient economy. We know we'll only win the economic race in the Asian Century if we win the education race.
Wayne Swan
Education
Win
Strong
Know
Asian
Australia
Grasp
Productive
Resilient
Skilled
Smarter
Workforce
Able
Century
Economic
Economy
Means
Only
Opportunities
Race
Stronger
The word 'cancer' carries with it enormous fear, fear for the future, fear for family.
Wayne Swan
Family
Future
Fear
Cancer
Carries
Enormous
Word
I want to ensure and the Government wants to ensure that Australia is well prepared to tackle dangerous climate change with a scheme which is both responsible and which meets our international commitments.
Wayne Swan
Change
Government
Climate Change
Want
Australia
Commitments
Ensure
Meets
Scheme
Tackle
Both
Climate
Dangerous
International
Our
Prepared
Responsible
Wants
Well
Which
In Australia, we've always been a country that runs the ball right up the middle on the fifth tackle. We've never seen a challenge we didn't like, and we've certainly never run from one.
Wayne Swan
Never
Always
Challenge
Country
Australia
Fifth
Runs
Tackle
Ball
Been
Certainly
Like
Middle
Right
Run
Seen
Up
We believe in the Australian promise; that if you work hard, you won't be left behind.
Wayne Swan
Work
You
Believe
Work Hard
Australian
Promise
Behind
Hard
Left
It's often the case that great artists - people like Bruce Springsteen - tend to pick up the subterranean rumblings of profound social change long before the economic statisticians notice them. Changes start long before they become statistics.
Wayne Swan
Change
Long
Great
People
Bruce
Bruce Springsteen
Notice
Profound
Social Change
Springsteen
Statistics
Artists
Become
Before
Case
Changes
Economic
Like
Often
Pick
Social
Start
Tend
Them
Up
If I could distil the relevance of Bruce Springsteen's music to Australia it would be this: don't let what has happened to the American economy happen here. Don't let Australia become a down-under version of New Jersey, where the people and the communities whose skills are no longer in demand get thrown on the scrap heap of life.
Wayne Swan
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