Andrew Forrest Quotes
You don't try and put rockets under prime ministers.
Forrest, Andrew. Interview on the Mining Tax. Sky News Australia, 15 Jun. 2010.
1st Earl of Oxford. Technically the title of Prime Minister was then non-existent, but he performed the function. Unlike America where the Chief Executive is elected for fixed 4 year terms, in England and other parliamentary democracies, if the Prime Minister cannot command a majority of the Praliament, he has to call new elections. Even if he cannot maintain the majority of his own party, he can be replaced by a simple vote of the members of the parliament of his own party. Margaret Thatcher for example, was never defeated at the polls in an election. She was thrown out of office by her own party.
The Supreme Court was hearing a petition of IRAC, an Israeli, civil and women's rights advocacy organization. The Government had turned over the Wailing Wall, the holiest entity in Jerusalem for Jews, ultra orthodox Jews to manage. These particular Jews believed that it was prohibited for a woman to pray at the Wall or read from the Torah of have religious ceremonies at the wall as men did daily, And they would not even allow women to enter the area where the men prayed. They even allowed private orthodox fanatics and thugs to beat women who tried to lead prayers in the public areas near the Wall. IRAQ had previously won a Supreme Court Decision that the Government had to either integrate the existing are or create a separate area where women could have access to practice their religion as they saw fit. By January 2016, the government finally proposed a compromise that included establishing a fully funded government recognized egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall. However when it came time to implement the agreement, the political situation was that the Benjamin Netanyahu Government found itself in a difficult situation. It was a coalition government that depended open the ultra religious Jewish Political Party for its majority. And the latter were adamant that the government should not go ahead with the agreement it proposed and was ordered by the court. Go the government did nothing. In September of 2016, IRAQ petitioned the Supreme Court to intervene and order the implementation. The government’s attorney at the hearing argued that implementing the agreement would cause the government to fall at a time where Israel needed a strong government to deal with its enemies. The Chief Justice then made the statement of the quotation and instructed the attorney to give the message to the Prime Minister.
John Andrew Henry Forrest AO, nicknamed Twiggy, is an Australian businessman. He is best known as the former CEO (and current non-executive chairman) of Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), and has other interests in the mining industry and in cattle stations.
