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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It will help curb identity fraud and possible misuse by people smugglers, terrorists and other transnational criminals.
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It is very important that people take this warning seriously.
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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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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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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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Their sort of ugly, sneering, amused attitude at the slaughter of innocent people is just horrific,
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These are principles on which our country has been built, as well as the United States, and in fact they are amongst the most important values that bind our two countries together,
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Countries in the region must learn from the SARS experience,
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vital interest in finding a constructive diplomatic solution to address the nuclear question.
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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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Well, I'm not going to go into what the letter says, because the police are looking at that. But as you say it's in Bahasa. But of course that's not to suggest that the letter came from outside of Australia. It came from in Australia. It came from Victoria.
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We hope that it's going to be possible to get back on to the diplomatic path before too long,