I Try To Use The Australian Idiom

Politicians Come In Three Varieties: Straight Men, Fixers, And Maddies.

I Think The Rise Of China Is One Of The Great Events Of All Economic And Human History, And I Think This Will Be Overwhelmingly A Positive Thing For The Region And The World.

If You Are Sitting On The Title Of Any Block Of Land In New South Wales You Can Bet An Aboriginal Person At Some Stage Was Dispossessed Of It.

You Know, In The Wikileaks Cables, The Chinese Discovered That Kevin Rudd Was Urging The Americans To Keep The Military Option Open Against Them. This Is Hardly A Friendly Gesture.

The Lesson Of The Federation Should Be That The Lesson Is Over. Australia Must Have A New Idea Of Itself. We Have To Strike Out In A New Direction, In A New Way, Armed With Our Own Self-regard, Our Own Confidence And Fully Appreciating Our Own Uniqueness. All Other Roads Will Lead Us Into The Shadow Of Great Powers.