Loose cannons
Should have told them sooner
"This kind of behaviour is just totally unacceptable." — Carol Bellamy, the new executive director of UNICEF, on the organisation's Kenya office, which lost US$10 million through corruption and mismanagement.
Future concerns
"Factional caucus meetings only last for 20 minutes and even then most of the decisions have already been made. No-one tells you the truth about your future." — A member of the "Terrigal" sub-faction of the NSW ALP right faction, quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald, May 27, complaining about the way the "Troggs" sub-faction runs the faction.
Unconcerned
"The [Terrigal] faction is all about self-promotion, a gathering of the disaffected and the disadvantaged." — A member of the "Troggs" sub-faction of the NSW ALP right faction, quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald, May 27.
Notice the difference?
"Philip Morris USA launched an unprecedented domestic recall yesterday of up to eight billion cigarettes ... because of defective filters that could maker smokers cough and wheeze." — Sunday Telegraph, May 28.
Leading the world
"While inequality is growing in every advanced economy, the distribution of income and wealth in the United States has become the most unequal of all." — Robert Reich, US secretary of labour.
Recovery
"Last year, with recovery in full bloom, productivity [increase] surpassing 2%, corporate profits up 12% and economic growth exceeding 4%, the median wages and benefits of Americans continued to decline." — Robert Reich again.
Trust
"Yes, of course, like all workers have to trust in their employers." — NSW energy minister Michael Egan, asked if unions should trust the state government's promise that corporatisation and amalgamation of electricity distributors won't cost jobs.