Fed: Quotes of the week
SYDNEY, Aug 15 AAP - Quotes of the week
"To those relatives of the 88 Australians who died in that outrage almost a year ago,this is I hope some further measure of justice." - Prime Minister John Howard on the captureof suspected Bali bombing mastermind Hambali.
"Hambali is very much the Osama Bin Laden of South East Asia." - Foreign Affairs MinisterAlexander Downer.
"There is a genuine concern that a catastrophic attack is a certainty and only a matterof time - a point on which I am inclined to agree." - Dennis Richardson, director-generalof Australia's spy agency ASIO, on the likelihood of more terrorist attacks.
"We are a free, innovative and decent people, prepared to have a go." - Major-GeneralMichael Jeffery, Australia's 24th governor-general.
"It's for Aboriginal people and Aboriginal people alone to remove me from my position."
- Aboriginal leader Geoff Clark on the federal government's decision to suspend him aschairman of Australia's peak indigenous body ATSIC.
"They don't know what a real drought is." - Graincorp Ltd managing director Tom Keeneon European farmers who are experiencing some of the hottest temperatures on record.
"Some dopey, hairy-backed sheila trying to dob him in across the other side of theworld." - Victorian coach David Hookes's description of South African Helen Cohen Alon,who claims Shane Warne harassed her with sexually explicit text messages.
"He's human, he makes mistakes and I think he pays for his pretty heavily." - AustralianTest captain Steve Waugh on Shane Warne.
"We try to tell them to stick with it. Divorce is like amputation." - Jack Carney,spokesman for Relationships Australia, on the increasing number of pensioners seekingdivorce.
"We whipped their arse." - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch on how Fox News went againstits rival CNN in covering the war in Iraq.
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