“Grace Portolesi is a strong, assertive passionate young woman and she ...” — Jay Weatherill Quote

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.

We need to get back to the concept of taking the community with us.

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.

We know that defence work results in more than great defence hardware - it can drive innovation and advances in all areas of our life.

We've been very patient over the years but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reset the rules for the River Murray and we're determined not to squander that opportunity.

I need to learn to be more assertive.

I think being clear and assertive about what you're comfortable with is vital. It can be a scary thing to do because we want people to like us.

When I came into politics, I remember reading these scorecards of my performance, and I would routinely have these comments about not being assertive enough.

Eurasia is home to most of the world's politically assertive and dynamic states.

Ed Koch will never 'rest in peace.' That was not his way. He was always nervously squirming, while making others squirm as well. Comfort was not his goal. He understood that to be a proud and assertive Jew meant never being able to leave a sigh of relief and say, 'It's over, we are at peace, we can now put down our guard and relax.'