I Think When People Talk About Civil

Of All The Important Relationships That Australia Has With Other Countries, None Has Been More Greatly Transformed Over The Last 10 Years Than Our Relationship With China.

The 'black Armband' View Of Our History Reflects A Belief That Most Australian History Since 1788 Has Been Little More Than A Disgraceful Story Of Imperialism, Exploitation, Racism, Sexism And Other Forms Of Discrimination. I Take A Very Different View. I Believe That The Balance Sheet Of Our History Is One Of Heroic Achievement And That We Have Achieved Much More As A Nation Of Which We Can Be Proud Of Than Which We Should Be Ashamed.

This Is Appalling. The Idea That A Person Could Be Punished Because Of Their Religious Belief And The Idea They Might Be Executed Is Just Beyond Belief.

Nonviolent Action On Behalf Of Justice Is No Automatic Forumla With Promise Of Success: But Neither Is War. After All, At Least Half Of The People Who Go To War For Some Cause Deemed Worthy Of It Are Defeated.

They Might Be A Good Friend, But They Are Also A Bitter Commercial Rival. Let's Not Kid Ourselves.. The American Wheat Industry Has Done Everything It Possibly Can To Criticize The Australian Wheat Industry In Order To Take The Iraqi Wheat Market From Us.