Nobody should claim that the war [in Iraq] is over. But certainly it can be said that the regime is finished.

The most important civil liberty... is to stay alive and to be free from violence and death.

I'm all for it. In these days, regional marketing is the only way to survive.

You can't fatten the pig on market day.

There is a very special place in the Australian psyche for sport. It is one of the pillars of the Australian way of life. You don't really understand what makes the Australian nation tick unless you understand the great affection Australians have for sport.

It's too much to expect in an academic setting that we should all agree, but it is not too much to expect discipline and unvarying civility.

Remarks such as 'great Australian', 'larger than life' are sometimes used where they are not appropriate. But in the case of Kerry Packer both of those descriptions are entirely appropriate. He was a great Australian, he was a larger than life character and in so many ways he left his mark on the Australian community over a very long career in business, particularly in the media and also that other great passion of his, Australian sport