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
unity
You don't get unity by ignoring the questions that have to be faced.
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I've decided to lead in a way that takes people with me. It's the approach that I think will stand not only our party but also our state in good stead.
We need to get back to the concept of taking the community with us.
community focused government ideas less people respect treating wisdom wrong
My government, you can be assured, will be less focused on personalities. It is about treating people with respect. I think complaining about the community not being able to see the wisdom of our ideas is the wrong approach.
future highly industries proficient require skilled
If we wish our state's growth to continue, then our future will increasingly be with industries that require a highly skilled and technically proficient workforce.
We will also have a more rigorous approach to professional development and managing unsatisfactory performance.
I have learned to not worry about things I can't control.
maintain prudent
I don't think the AAA is an end in itself; we will maintain prudent financial management with or without the AAA.
cooperation truth
I think the truth of it is that when you get down to actually having to do the things on the ground, there is only one way to do it, and that's in cooperation with the communities.
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Our job as a government is to start with the great underpinnings of our current economic growth - particularly defence and mining - and build on these.
less public sufficient
A stronger focus on quality public policymaking and less distraction of personalities would be a sufficient and important contribution I can make.
age believe capacity earliest future health investing prosperity single wellbeing
I believe that investing in our children's development from the earliest age is the single most important contribution we can make to the health and wellbeing of our citizens, their capacity and the future prosperity of our state.
absolutely tourism user vital
Every user of the river down here understands that a healthy river is absolutely vital for a healthy economy and a healthy tourism industry.
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I think we all share a view about wanting to make sure we have a healthy river and we're looking forward to the plan and in the lead-up to that we've agreed to speak again.