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...
biting feeds gold hand mark medals standing top
If there were gold medals for biting the hand that feeds you, Mark Latham would be standing on top of the dais.
feels sorry
I'm sorry she feels that way, I really am,
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If you actually had a coast guard, you would have effective enforcement in our northern waters. Good fences make good neighbors. As far as maritime issues are concerned, a good fence is a coast guard.
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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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And it has to be dealt with - albeit within the framework of what sustains Australian values while we do it,
brings endorsing missiles national regional time
The unfortunate thing is that it brings this in to play at a time when there is regional disagreement with our endorsing of national missiles defenses.
choice cutting
This is not about choice -- it's about cutting wages.
folk negotiate process
The folk who come here through this process should go back to Indonesia, and we will negotiate as much by which that will happen, and only we can do it,
consider favorable forward prepared states
I'm prepared to consider what the states put forward in a favorable way.