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I think any good government will target on the finishing date, that is, the polling day and make sure that their strategy is strong and in place to get them successfully re-elected.

~Alexander Downer

Topics: Any Date Day Finishing Get Good Good Government Government Make Place Polling Re-Elected Strategy Strong Successfully Sure Target Them Think Will I Think

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Well goodness knows, goodness knows what historians will write.

~Alexander Downer

Topics: Goodness Historians Knows Well Will Write

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So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish.

~Alexander Downer

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Well, I'm not going to go into what the letter says, because the police are looking at that. But as you say it's in Bahasa. But of course that's not to suggest that the letter came from outside of Australia. It came from in Australia. It came from Victoria.

~Alexander Downer

Topics: Australia Because Came Course Go Going Letter Looking Outside Police Say Says Suggest Victoria Well You

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Well, it's a - I don't want to disappoint you, but it's a time worn tradition of Australian Governments over many years not to get into any discussion about that aspect of intelligence matters.

~Alexander Downer

Topics: About Any Aspect Australian Disappoint Discussion Get Governments Intelligence Many Matters Over Time Tradition Want Well Worn Years You

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Sheik Hilaly is making a good contribution. He is making a good contribution.

~Alexander Downer

Topics: Contribution Good He Making

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My father had the same name as me but he was known as Alec. He was a member of the House of Representatives.

~Alexander Downer

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Well people often ask me how I felt growing up with a father who was a politician and who was often away. But when I'm asked that question I often reflect on my inability really to be able to answer it in any relative sense because I never grew up with a father doing anything else. So I just have no idea what it would be like otherwise.

~Alexander Downer

Topics: Able Answer Any Anything Anything Else Ask Asked Away Because Doing Else Father Felt Grew Growing Growing Up How Idea Inability Just Like Me Never No Idea Often Otherwise People Politician Question Really Reflect Relative Sense Up Well Who Would

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If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them than it is on me.

~Alexander Downer

Topics: About Again Concerned House Live Me More Much People Reflection Than Them Where

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I'm not terribly focused on whether I even could ever become the Leader of the Liberal Party or the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in the future.

~Alexander Downer

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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Politician

Born: September 9th, 1951

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