Jay Weatherill Quotations

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.

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.

I don't think the AAA is an end in itself; we will maintain prudent financial management with or without the AAA.

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.

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.

A stronger focus on quality public policymaking and less distraction of personalities would be a sufficient and important contribution I can make.

Our commitment to defence goes beyond this. It's a long-term commitment to make SA the home for Australian defence. It's a commitment to providing the right infrastructure and the right people.

Defence is our best attack.