John Hewson
John Hewson
John Robert Hewson AMis an Australian economist, company director and a former politician. Known for his 650-page Fightback! policy package, he was federal leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and Leader of the Opposition from 1990 to 1994. He led the Coalition to defeat at the 1993 federal election...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 October 1946
CountryAustralia
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It's not just the war itself. It's what you do after the war and what structure you put in place and how you make that structure work.
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I've been arguing this for months. This is not our war. This is not a war we should be in. Australia's better spending its time negotiating with North Korea.
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I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a movement in due course within the Liberal Party and within the National Party to throw these people out.
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Hussein has a strategy. I'm sure he'll implement that strategy, and it would be to our detriment. We're embarking on an exercise about which we know nothing.
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I was not a politician.
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The only person you resent is yourself.
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We've lost sight of our role in the region and our view of our colleagues in the region.
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The reality is, it will be a significant conflict going for many, many months, if not longer. Saddam Hussein is not a fool. He hasn't been sitting there waiting to get shot for 13 years.