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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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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We sell ourselves enormously short in our Asia Pacific region by taking this supportive stand of the United States. That is a major failing.
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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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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.
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I was just absolutely exhausted. The media said I've been treated for a nervous breakdown. All that stuff I just took as people taking the opportunity when you're down to give you a kick.
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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 don't think the U.S. alliance is worth this. Being a lap-dog to the United States is an outrageous concept, but that's where we are, unfortunately.
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I'm very disappointed and sad about what's happened. We are still friends, we still talk a lot. There are no ill feelings at all.
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I got a bit enamoured with bigger houses and things like that.
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I think the Prime Minister has embarked on a journey and he has no idea where he's taking us.
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I never wanted to separate from either wife. It was accumulated stress. We had virtually no time to ourselves. After politics we were both working very hard to establish new careers.
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To make us a terrorist target in a region that is full of terrorism is dumb and unforgiveable.
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To send our troops, our ships, our planes to this war is ridiculous.