Foxy,
Noted, I always see perjury in context.
Who cares what Abbott’s opinion is?

Is Mise,

Who cares what Abbott's opinion is?

Well seeing as you said you see things in
context. And you want to be believed. Abbott
was Prime Minister at the time - so his words
were "in context."

You're welcome.

Foxy
Did Bryce appear as a private person, preface her remarks that she was speaking as a private person or was she speaking as ths G-G of Australia.
If she was so speaking then to offer her private opinion was downright bad manners.

Is Mise,

In accepting the offer Quentin Bryce five months
from the end of her time in office took the
opportunity for a full flowering of her own voice.

She spoke on major public issues with her emphasis
drawing on her own lifetime experiences. Therefore
I believe that she was entitled to do that. She was
not there fulfilling the job of Governor-General.
She was there speaking on her own behalf. From her own
experiences.

The Boyer lecture series is an important part of our
cultural history and a platform for the dissemination of
big ideas and challenges for Australian national
conversations.

They have always included significant public personalities
with something to say. People like Rupert Murdoch,
Peter Cosgrove, Marcia Langton, Noel Pearson, have all
taken part.

Anyway, you probably see things differently and that's
fair enough. I am simply expressing my view as I see it.

Dear David F-

I disagreed with most of your post.
But at least you acknowledged Carter's management of Iran- they used the Shah to rally popular support against the US- they probably would have found an excuse anyway- but they could have redirected the Shah to somewhere more suitable- removed embassy staff- the CIA should have recommended it.

Maybe more later.

I think that Australia will eventually become a
Republic. It may not happen in my lifetime but
it will happen. The people of Australia will decide
what they want. And that is as it should be. It is
up to the people of this country to decide what kind
of country they want to live in. Hopefully there will
be a full acknowledgement and inclusion of our Indigenous
People.

Personally I hope that I won't get to see as part of
our country - Kind Charles, Queen Camilla, and Prince
William as Governor-General. That would be ridiculous.