John Howard's credibility on the entire Iraq war has been torpedoed by John Howard's own intelligence agency, |
John Howard's credibility on the entire Iraq war has been torpedoed by John Howard's own intelligence agency. |
Most Australians would ask why is it that Schapelle Corby gets sentenced to 20 years for importing marijuana, Abu Bakar Bashir gets 30 months for participating in the murder of nearly 100 Australians, |
Mr. Downer read none of the cables which were relevant to this scandal. |
That's where Australia's efforts should lie at the moment ? through the UN process and through our own bilateral pressure on the Iranian Government. |
The bottom line is this -- when it comes to helping Australians on the ground, the Australian government has failed miserably to persuade its closest friend and ally, the United States government, to allow Australian consular officials access to help our own people. |
The foreign minister's personal relationship with the prime minister of East Timor is at an appalling low. |
The tragedy for Australia is that our diplomatic relationship with East Timor right now is in a sorry state, |
This is a world-class scandal...which is damaging to Australia's international reputation. We must get to the bottom of it. |
This is an extraordinary new development, a cover-up of the highest order. |
This is slap in the face for Australia. |
We should not be kowtowing to anybody when it comes to freedom in this country. |
What we would also need to have some guarantees about is the probity of the police force undertaking these tests themselves to make sure that they are free from corruption or any other maleficence. |
When Howard ... sends our diplomats into Washington to try and hush this whole thing up in the middle of our Australian federal election campaign, it's plain as day that they knew what the whole problem was. |