I thank all of those who weren't born in this country for coming here and making a contribution to Australia. We are the least discriminatory country in the world, in my view.

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

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.

It's beyond belief that any Australian could be so stupid as to carry drugs into any country in Asia.

If I am wrong and you are right then the democratic process of the Australian community will vindicate you and condemn me.

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

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.