What does God really look like stripped naked? That's the province of enlightenment. . . the formless, perfect face of existence.
I don't rule out the possibility of legislating a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, a market-based mechanism.
Any sort of political correctness needs to be swept out of the way
We see community organizations as major service providers and economic drivers rather than as recipients or distributors of charity, and coordinators of volunteers. Today they constitute what's referred to as 'the social economy'.
The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability.
Over the Christmas period, I spent time with both Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, and you listen to stories and tales of how hard it can be when it's really hard, and I think we easily all talk ourselves into the proposition that it's never been as hard as this. Well it's been hard in the past. It's been really hard. So you keep doing it and, the more you do it, the more you gain strength and confidence that you can do it.
Here in Australia we do get impacted by global economic events. But we should have some confidence that our economy has got strong underlying fundamentals.
Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China.
Real power has to do with one's ability to influence the hearts and minds of others.
If you dig a pit for others to fall into, you will fall into it yourself.
The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.