Alexander Downer
Alexander Downer
Alexander John Gosse Downer, ACis a former Australian Liberal Party politician who was Foreign Minister of Australia from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007, the longest-serving in Australian history. He was also the Leader of the Opposition for eight months from 1994 to 1995. Until early February 2014, Downer was the United Nations Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Cyprus...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 September 1951
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I suppose people could hide all sorts of equipment in all sorts of clothing,
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So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish.
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If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them than it is on me.
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We want to keep supporting the Indonesian government, the Indonesian police, the Indonesian intelligence services and, of course, the people of Indonesia,
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that there are some people on earth who are so wicked and so evil that nothing can be done but to confront them.
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It is very important that people take this warning seriously.
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Their sort of ugly, sneering, amused attitude at the slaughter of innocent people is just horrific,
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It will help curb identity fraud and possible misuse by people smugglers, terrorists and other transnational criminals.
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Well, it's a - I don't want to disappoint you, but it's a time worn tradition of Australian Governments over many years not to get into any discussion about that aspect of intelligence matters.
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Reports that I've had in now overnight are, I must admit, pretty bad,
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It is deeply regrettable that the Pakistani government has shown absolute disregard for the many direct appeals to exercise restraint and has willfully turned its back on the sincere efforts of the international community to encourage reason to prevail.
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I think in turn the media has become very interested in this specific case, and has gone into an enormous amount of detail.
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We ask that the length of the sentence be appealed in the Indonesian courts.
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I'm not terribly focused on whether I even could ever become the Leader of the Liberal Party or the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in the future.