Robert Manne
Robert Manne
Robert Michael Manneis an Emeritus Professor of politics and Vice-Chancellor's Fellow at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He is a leading Australian public intellectual...
buried ice mystery snow
It is a mystery that has been buried and only now that the ice and snow have melted, can we unravel that mystery.
lucky somebody stayed thousands walked
We're just lucky that somebody walked by there when there was a thaw and his body was exposed. If not, he could have stayed there for hundreds of thousands of years.
With what's been accomplished to date, they could be out by this fall.
challenges energy pricing questions target whether
I think they have substantial challenges energy costs, pricing power. And I think there are some questions as to whether they can be the instigator or the target of consolidation.
challenges energy pricing questions target whether
I think they have substantial challenges -- energy costs, pricing power. And I think there are some questions as to whether they can be the instigator or the target of consolidation.
challenges energy pricing questions target whether
I think they have substantial challenges ù energy costs, pricing power. And I think there are some questions as to whether they can be the instigator or the target of consolidation.
We've done it in Tibet, and we've done one in Greenland.
bankruptcy hanging hardly pressure
The pressure is hardly off. It's just as much pressure as it has been, it's just without the albatross of bankruptcy hanging over it.
along goes guys high looking quick relatively risk turnaround willing
Those guys are looking for a quick turnaround and are willing to take the relatively high risk that goes along with it.
sort toughest winners
You have short-term winners and losers, and that's the toughest thing to sort out.
missing tibet
We don't have to go to a glacier in Tibet to find a missing airman, ... We've got some of them in our own backyard.
airlines anybody consumers
It's not anything that anybody needs, frankly. The airlines don't need it. Consumers don't need it.
airline available capital contention domestic shortage
It kind of belies the contention that there is a shortage of domestic capital available for the airline industry.
balance fine finger judge keeping light people pressure pushing
There's a fine balance between keeping the pressure on and pushing people over the edge. The judge has to have a light finger on the trigger.