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Aug. 11th, 2006 12:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamer_easyMP Joe Hockey on the foiled plot: "We should not be surprised by this because all the governments keep saying this is a very real threat and sometimes we get into our daily lives and forget about it." God forbid.
MP John Forrest, who abstained from the vote to excise the Australian mainland from the "immigration zone", lost his position as chief whip for the Libs. Respect is due. (The SMH comments that now Howard will not be able to use refugees as an election issue.)
MP John Forrest, who abstained from the vote to excise the Australian mainland from the "immigration zone", lost his position as chief whip for the Libs. Respect is due. (The SMH comments that now Howard will not be able to use refugees as an election issue.)
