Quotes from Harry Triguboff

Local councils are hostile to large developers and think that, by doing this, they are standing up for the community. But they're wrong.

The newspapers were always against me in the beginning because they thought I was depriving people of what they wanted.

The newspapers were against me. They were telling me that the Australian dream was a home. But that dream became worse and worse as they had to live further away from the city. My dream became better as we could build higher and higher.

I'm easy. Very easy. I'll tell you why I am easy. If someone is no good, I get rid of them. It is no good being tough on somebody who can't do the job. If he can do the job, then there is no point in being tough with him.

When the unions were fighting me 45 years ago, they could never beat me.

This is a lifetime job. You don't look at it, you know, now and then. It doesn't really matter. When the market comes down, then I buy my land very cheaply, so I make my money on that.

If the banks become unreliable lenders, apartment prices will drop dramatically.

There's always room for an operator like Airbnb, but it's quite a different thing to my serviced apartments. Airbnb is a different market - it has nothing to do with me.

My properties are very good income-producing buildings, so I will have a very good stream of profit even if I can't sell.

A developer who is not optimistic shouldn't be a developer.

I looked around, and I saw cottages everywhere. I thought it was time they lived in apartments.