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Like The Governor-general, When Asked What You Enjoy Most About The Job My Tendency Is To Say "today", Because Of The Insights You Get Into Our Nation And Because Of The Privileged Contact You Have With So Many People.

In Australia’s Biggest Cities, Public Transport Is Generally Slow, Expensive, Not Especially Reliable And Still Hideous Drain On The Public Purse. Part Of The Problem Is Inefficient, Overmanned, Union-dominated Government Run Train And Bus Systems. Mostly Though, …there Just Aren’t Enough People Wanting To Go From A Particular Place To A Particular Destination At A Particular Time To Justify Any Vehicle Larger Than A Car, And Cars Need Roads.

Even Potential Human Life Needs To Be Treated With Great Respect.

I Try To Treat People As People And Not Put Them In Pigeonholes.

When You Are Challenging The Young, They Can Come Back At You With Language Of Tremendous Power And They Are No Respecters Of Sacred Cows, You Know, The Young. There's Nothing Politically Correct About The Average Young Australian When It Comes To Use Of Language.