Sensitive, new-age genocide acceptable

“Israel may have been able to get away with a blatant process of ethnic displacement of millions of Palestinians from their homes in 1947, but this is 2001 and the world has been sensitised to such events.” — Financial Review, February 8.

Ostrich farmer

“Global warming is an awful long way from being something we accept as a fact we have to deal with.” — NSW Farmers Association president John Cobb.

Freedom

“If any teacher wants to strike, they have to do it alone. They must not make propaganda to lure the teachers who want to teach. That would affect the freedom of others.” — Principal of a Phnom Penh high school, after Cambodian teachers called a strike demanding salaries of approximately A$190 a month.

Truth in politics

“The government has until June 30, 2002, to implement any changes that are shown not to be in the public interest” — Tasmanian Treasurer David Crean referring to national competition policy requirements that the state end “restrictive shop trading legislation, along with restrictive liquor and taxi licencing arrangements”.

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