I just shrugged it off.
"The Honourable"
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/office = Australian Senate/Senator for New South Wales
/term_start = 6 March 2012
/term_end = 24 October 2013
/predecessor = Mark Arbib
/successor = Deborah O'Neill
/office1 = Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)/Minister for Foreign Affairs
/primeminister1 = Julia GillardKevin Rudd
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/term_end1 = 18 September 2013
/predecessor1 = Craig Emerson
/successor1 = Julie Bishop
/office2 = 39th Premier of New South Wales
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/term_start2 = 4 April 1995
/term_end2 = 3 August 2005
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More Bob Carr on Wikipedia.[Most striking are the growing calls to extrude Islamists. Two politicians have advised foreign Islamists to stay away. Monique Gagnon-Tremblay , Quebec's international relations minister, retracted the welcome mat from those] who want to come to Quebec and who do not respect women's rights or who do not respect whatever rights may be in our Civil Code. ... I don't think they should be let in.
Look my story has been a really happy one except for that comment from John Brogden, so let's not dwell on it.
Of course it's hurtful but I know it's not the way a lot of people on his side of politics behave.
The world accepts that everyone makes mistakes and he's got a big future as a politician, member of this community and as a father. We wish him well and we want to encourage him to move beyond this thing.
I just think this guy's got to be evacuated from the Liberal Party leadership by close of business today, ... I think that his apology is entirely unacceptable to Helena and that is the greatest insult not only to her but of every woman of Asian background.
Containment lines (are) holding at this stage but we're very worried about the wind blowing up strongly.
Every Asian family in Australia has been diminished by John Brogden's racism.
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