Webdiary - Founded and Inspired by Margo Kingston

"This budget fails middle Australia and mortgages our kids' future. That's why tonight I want to speak to the families of Australia about our shared hopes and aspirations for the future." The Honourable Kim Beazley, MP

"In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful, Mr George Bush, President of the United States of America, for some time now I have been thinking, how one can justify the undeniable contradictions that exist in the international arena - which are being constantly debated, especially in political forums and amongst university students. Many questions remain unanswered. These have prompted me to discuss some of the contradictions and questions, in the hope that it might bring about an opportunity to redress them." Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

"Dr Abdoh, the Administrator of Papua during the UNTEA administration, was, as we saw, very concerned about anything that might possibly be construed as insulting to Indonesians. He showed considerably less concern about the rights of Papuans, rights the UNTEA administration was supposedly there to protect." Arie Brand