Andrew Forrest

I don't see why, if you look at how the Australian culture and psyche is, that we can't be amongst the most generous, from the grassroots up, nations in the world. ”

All industry, not just the mining industry, can get out and give Aboriginal companies a chance. ”

What I would say is governments need assistance to run their organisations more efficiently just like businesses do. ”

There are people all over Australia who use their homes as hubs that they travel from, and they encourage their indigenous people to continue to stay there. ”

Disparity is Australia's worst social problem. Thousands of lives are slowly being crushed, while billions are wasted on thousands of little initiatives trying to 'close the gap.' ”

If you know that something is true and just, and you give up, that's when you fail. ”

We really need to change taxation policy so that it is not skewed against owning more than one house. ”

The teachings of the New Testament are the most valuable guide to the best way to a civil and sustainable society the world has seen. ”

I will always put family first. Every time I haven't, I have regretted it and apologised. ”

The most generous part of your philanthropy could be the time you put in to procure the same results and same outcomes and same returns you demand in business. ”