Some concern
``I have some concerns, particularly as some of the changes they [banks] have made are actually contrary to the recommendations in our report.'' -- Dr David Cousins, head of the Prices Surveillance Authority, when banks raised fees weeks after a PSA inquiry urged that they not do so.
Been there, done that
``News Corp's 11pc rise fails to excite'' -- Headline of the
Sydney Morning Herald article reporting that Rupert Murdoch's company had increased its profits to $1.34 billion in the year ending June 30.
Willing to wait
``No-one is foolish enough to be pressing a claim with the election so close.'' -- An anonymous federal MP, explaining to the
Sydney Morning Herald why MPs are not making submissions for increased entitlements to the Remuneration Tribunal.
No complaints
``I don't complain, as some people in the trade do, about the adequacy of political salaries.'' -- Opposition leader John Howard, commenting on the fact that MPs have received pay increases of more than 10% since the middle of last year, and are due for another 5.6% before the end of 1996.
Silly old Dad
``My father absolutely hated the police; he thought of them as instruments of class repression.'' -- Governor General Bill Hayden, who began his ``rise'' by joining the Queensland police after his father died in 1953.
Locals with attitude
``Fallout from Kingsford Smith's expansion has already permeated the attitude of many locals in Sydney's west.'' -- Laurie Brereton, federal minister for large loud falling things, worrying about possible opposition to a second airport at Badgerys Creek.
