Kim Beazley
Kim Beazley
Kim Christian Beazley, AC, is a former Australian diplomat and politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia from 1995 to 1996. He subsequently served as the Leader of the Australian Labor Partyand Leader of the Opposition from 1996 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2006...
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These cables place John Howard at the very heart of our very worst national scandal. We believe that they are culpably negligent and we accuse them of turning a blind eye and these cables prove conclusively that that is exactly what they did.
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I've seen John Howard's government do some pretty low things over the years, but hiding behind the Melbourne Cup to introduce these shoot-to-kill laws into parliament and pass them through, well that's the lowest of the low.
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A deliberate blind eye has been turned here and culpable neglect is what the prime minister here is guilty of. He cannot wash his hands like Pontius Pilate and say it was somebody else's responsibility.
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This is an appropriate commitment and a significant one.
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a sad moment for the Australian people, who are overwhelmingly opposed to the sale.
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As I recollect those times and they were a long time ago my office and myself were consistently in touch with people, including members of the Caucus, who were helping him. It was a tragedy but we must reflect on the fact that there is a wife and children left from this and respect their privacy and therefore, beyond what I have just said, I don't intend to continue comment.
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They have in their various parliaments, the power to pass laws related to this,
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The problem with this government is it never bothers to go round the region and explain what its doing.
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Our reform legacy by then had not produced a substantial rise in wages and job opportunities. People saw the hard side of reform but not the gains. Many ... traditional Labor supporters carried the brunt of the change and sheeted home the blame to him.
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I'm prepared to consider what the states put forward in a favorable way.
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I'm sorry she feels that way, I really am,
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If there were gold medals for biting the hand that feeds you, Mark Latham would be standing on top of the dais.
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I am particularly concerned about the risk posed by carriage of very dangerous substances, especially ammonium nitrate. It's becoming clearer that Australian authorities have no way of checking the bona fides of these foreign crews.
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It's a decision of theirs that they took on their own and I express my gratitude to them. They're lovely girls.