Mr. Speight is a terrorist -- this is an act of terror, |
No country either can, or for that matter should, try to stop birds migrating, and so birds do move between Australia and other parts of the world, other parts of the world back into Australia as the seasons change, |
No one is suggesting, and no one should suggest, that the United States is anything but vigilant and determined in its opposition to the proliferation and even the use of biological weapons, |
nothing to worry about if they don't export components or fully made-up weapons of mass destruction. |
Obviously all of these developments -- and I think today's, the withdrawal from the NPT is the most serious of them -- all of these developments are very serious developments, a matter of great concern throughout the Asia Pacific region and indeed beyond, |
Only in the most extreme circumstances, the most dire circumstances, would we be reduced to closing our borders, |
Opening up this export opportunity with China is consistent with the growing trade and economic relationship between our two countries, and Australia's position as a secure supplier of energy resources, |
Our embassy in Washington will endeavor to follow up the credibility of these claims, |
Our officials have had many meetings with him and on no occasion has he ever raised such a concern, |
Our point about Mr Hicks is that he should face justice, |
Pakistan has a very substantial defense force so it does have people it can deploy pretty quickly, ... But having said that, this (disaster) has covered an enormous area. It's going to be pretty difficult for them. |
People should be absolutely vigilant in Indonesia or anywhere else for that matter, |
People shouldn't think because those bombings took place, there now won't be any bombings for another year or so, or two years, ... The risk is always there and the risk is significant. |
perhaps 50 Australians in the New Orleans area [caught up in the disaster]. |
Reports that I've had in now overnight are, I must admit, pretty bad, |