An Occasional Series:
2004 : Speaking to shock jock Alan Jones on Radio 2GB Sydney :
"The Iraq war is going swimmingly. I expect oil to be half the price by next year "
2005: approx $70 a barrel
2011: approx $98 a barrel
2010 : Speaking at an Australian Smart Business series of lectures after being introduced as "one of the most successful Australian businessmen ever"
"in a few years it will be possible to have all the energy we want from economic cheap nuclear plants..it will be safe..there will not be an energy waste problem..we don't have to rush into a lot of mad schemes fouling up the country..windmills and other crackpot ideas...."
2011 : Headline in The Sun newspaper- flagship News Corp publication (prop: R.Murdoch)
"Nuke meltdown threat amid 2nd blast warning"