“If all the major industrial companies are going to come in here and try to squeeze a pound of flesh out of us, then that's just not on, and they need to know that,”
“We're here to get suggestions, we're here to find out what could possibly be the best alternative, or there's no alternative. At the end of the day, there may not be any solution that's satisfactory, [and] therefore this plan won't go ahead.”
“I had an opportunity to work with Joan Cleary during the last election. I got a chance to see her first-hand and I have a lot of respect for Joan Cleary as a person and a very competent individual,”