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“Whatever may be said on the quality of my chairmanship, I was certainly not a great secretary.”
Former FPA chief Russell McKimm modestly accepts his distinguished service award from the FPA.
“Whatever may be said on the quality of my chairmanship, I was certainly not a great secretary.”
Former FPA chief Russell McKimm modestly accepts his distinguished service award from the FPA.
“I am an economist — trained to bore you.”
Former academic turned reptile of the media, Peter Switzer, adds more weight to his much maligned profession.
“I prefer to call answering questions on the GST as the Joe Hockey memorial super quiz.”
Spitzer takes a different slant on our esteemed financial services minister.
"We've been flying around in the Lend Lease plane. I think it’s called Qantas."
Capital International big man Michael Johnston displaying some local brand awareness.
"I like to see these figures in Australian dollars, they are even bigger that way."
Johnston comparing the local money to how much three hotels are worth on May-fair.
"We've had people go through breweries in Jordan. That's for research purposes only."
Well aware of local tastes Johnston discourages any defections to his firm.
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