“In Australia, we've always been a country that runs the ball right up ...” — Wayne Swan Quote

In Australia, we've always been a country that runs the ball right up the middle on the fifth tackle. We've never seen a challenge we didn't like, and we've certainly never run from one.

The word 'cancer' carries with it enormous fear, fear for the future, fear for family.

You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.

We believe in the Australian promise; that if you work hard, you won't be left behind.

If I could distil the relevance of Bruce Springsteen's music to Australia it would be this: don't let what has happened to the American economy happen here. Don't let Australia become a down-under version of New Jersey, where the people and the communities whose skills are no longer in demand get thrown on the scrap heap of life.

There's an ease that I have living in Australia. The best things about Sydney are free: the sunshine's free, and the harbour's free, and the beach is free.

My long-term plans are just to get as much experience as I can in Australia and try to make my own films.

My big break was when I won 'Search for a Supermodel Australia,' and then I came second in the world series, and that was all good, but I was just having fun; it wasn't real to me.

As an outsider, you don't think of Australia as being old-fashioned - it's only when you've been here for a period of time when you realise there are issues.