Quotes of the week

AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-2000
Quotes of the week

SYDNEY, Dec 22 AAP - Quotes of the week:



"A new line-up for the new millennium." - Prime Minister John Howard on his cabinet reshuffle.



"There comes a time in the life of any government where some generational renewal is
desirable." - Prime Minister John Howard on his cabinet reshuffle.



"A junior headkicker." - Opposition leader Kim Beazley on new Workplace Relations Minister
Tony Abbott.



"This is a terrific Christmas present for Melbourne." - Victorian Transport Minister
Peter Batchelor on Melbourne's new Burnley tunnel, which is toll-free for six days.



"I think she will breathe life into the position." - New South Wales Premier Bob Carr
on newly-appointed Governor Dr Marie Bashir, the first female in a line of NSW governors
which began with Governor Arthur Phillip.



"Extraordinarily burdensome." - Justice Timothy Studdert on his task of sentencing
21-year-old Mark Valera to life in prison for the murder of former Wollongong mayor Frank
Arkell.



"This is republicanism by stealth." - Monarchist Kerry Jones on the omission of the
Queen from the new $5 banknote commemorating the centenary of federation.



"Our analysis reveals that the Queen's pronunciation ... is more typically associated
with speakers who are younger and lower in the social hierarchy." - Australian researcher
Jonathan Harrington, who concluded that the Queen's accent had become less posh over the
past 50 years.



"Next thing they'll be telling us we can't have Christmas in summer." - Tasmanian Greens
Senator Bob Brown on the Guinness Book of Records refusing to grant a 78m decorated eucalypt
the record of the world's tallest Christmas tree because it is not a spruce.



"All convoy containing Bardot must stop here." - Sign at an Australian checkpoint on
the road from Dili to Balibo in East Timor, before the pop stars performed at a concert
for UN troops.

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