Kim Beazley

Australian Federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley's closing remarks at the 2006 Kingsley Laffer Lecture, University of Sydney.

Shot with a digital camera, and yes, I realise I had it the wrong way round.

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[venuecam]

Liberal. Labor. One and the same Communists dressed up as Socialists dressed up as capitalists.

Get rid of them ALL with a black marker at the election booth next election.

[venuecam]

@mushroomandrooster wait till you get an earful of a bitch called Gillard.

Oh wait...

[pineappleboy1]

i think kim should just stick to sending his condolences to karl rove. I hope he stays as labor leader - hes the 'best' leader of the opposition John howard coulod ever ask for.

[mushroomandrooster]

John Howard is an embarassment to the Prime Ministership. His record speaks for itself.

[pineappleboy1]

what happened to that lifeguard was absolutley no different to what happened to those others who got targeted. just because there werent any cameras around when it happened doesnt make it any less serious. obviously i also saw what the media had to say about it, i still think that calling them racial riots is a massive exaggeration. you know it doenst hurt to quesiton what is being said in the media once in a while.

[richrd79]

No, because it wasn't a riot. A riot is a 'turbulent disturbance created by a large number of people', which is what we all saw on the syndicated pictures. Maybe you should have had a look at the TV instead of off your verandah.

[pineappleboy1]

just becasue a story is syndicated doesn't mean its accurate. what happened in sydney was not a riot by any stretch of the imagination - i dont care what Le Monde reported. When men of "meditteranean appearance" beat up the lifeguard did the "quality national papers" in th UK label that incident a racial riot?

[richrd79]

As regards 'the rest of the world' the fact is that if a story is syndicated, then it will be shown in the same light in the rest of the world. eg. Le Monde reported 'racist aggression against bystanders of a

meditteranean appearance'. (my translation) And they're a right wing paper, I can only

speak French and English but I think everyone but Johnnie could see fairly easily see they're racists.

[richrd79]

You criticise the British media (correctly but irrelevantly

criticising The Sun), at least there are several quality national papers

here. The guy who owns The Sun and Fox 'News' in the US, also runs the

only national paper in Australia, and most of the state ones. Soon

enough, people in NSW can have one man controlling their radio, papers

and a TV station - thanks Johnnie!

[pineappleboy1]

the british media never ever exaggerate anything do they. You probably shouldnt believe everything The Sun prints. Im not saying there wasnt any violence at all but i see more fights on a friday night when i go out and nobody calls those riots. Oh and last time i checked the UK wasnt 'the world'.