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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.

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

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.

I've Always Held The View That Great States Need Strategic Space. I Mean, George Washington Took His Space From George Iii. Britain Took It From Just About Everybody. Russia Took All Of Eastern Europe. Germany's Taken It From Everywhere They Can, And China Will Want Its Space Too.

Australia Without The Irish Would Be Unthinkable... Unimaginable... Unspeakable.