Peter Beattie Quotations

The money might be better off used for things like law-and- order initiatives, schools and hospitals,

Development of the mine and construction of stage one of the . . . refinery has the potential to create 700 direct jobs during construction and 350 direct jobs when it is fully operational.

The declaration opens the way for the company to begin an environmental impact statement for the refinery and associated pipelines and present it to my Government for consideration by October 2006,

One of the major difficulties is that, as the head of a major corporation once said to me, Australia is on the way to Antarctica. But if the mines at Cape York were concerned about getting directly to the rest of the world then (Cape York) would be the best place for it. But the difficulty is in start-up costs and energy costs. But let's just see what we can get.

Some have been flattened, roofs have been taken off. The property damage has been immense.

We appointed Tony Morris to start and finish a job and that's what I would prefer,

This is a very difficult case because it is very isolated, and that's why we have called for expressions of interest from both conforming and non-conforming interests,

This was the last thing the government wanted. However, it's our job to accept the umpire's decision and find a way through this mess, ... We will finish what we started. We will reform the health system and not only that, we will ensure that the people of Bundaberg will get justice.

There are also certain circumstances in state laws where that applies, particularly if an officer is in risk of his own life or her life. Now, I think those laws are adequate.

We haven't had a cyclone like this for decades, if we've ever had one like it before.