Jay Weatherill
Jay Weatherill
Jay Wilson Weatherillis an Australian politician who is the 45th and current Premier of South Australia, serving since 21 October 2011. Weatherill has represented the House of Assembly seat of Cheltenham as a member of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party since the 2002 election...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionPolitician
CountryAustralia
real past thinking
South Australia has transformed. There has been a range of changes to our economy over the past 10 years in which we have genuinely set ourselves up for the future. I think we have to start behaving like that's real and project a quiet confidence in the future of our state.
senior strong grace
Grace Portolesi is a strong, assertive passionate young woman and she is precisely the sort of person I want in my cabinet and she will have a senior role.
two issues water
The two defining issues of this century are both universal but felt locally: the global water crisis and the resources boom.
fashion strong thinking
I think there is a case for strong action and intervention when there is criminality and when the leaders are corrupt or behaving in a criminal fashion.
government looks election
If you present good government, then elections look after themselves.
decision behave
Everybody has to make their own decisions about how they choose to behave.
unity
You don't get unity by ignoring the questions that have to be faced.
cost climate threat
One thing we do know about the threat of climate change is that the cost of adjustment only grows the longer it's left unaddressed.
dream passion successful
You'll be much more successful if you follow your dreams and follow your passions.
believe ensure good maintain public
I believe good governments have nothing to hide. We want to ensure we maintain confidence in our public institutions.