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Entries in Bob Carr (3)

Tuesday
Feb182014

Dear Editor 

• DateTuesday, February 18, 2014

Letters to the papers from David Flint, Senator Soapy Brandis and Bob (Plain Nut) Carr ... What are they on about? ... Strange missives  

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Saturday
Apr142012

Deafening silence

• DateSaturday, April 14, 2012

Stillness surrounds the appointment of John McCarthy QC as Australian Ambassador to the Holy See … Silence from DFAT … The great man himself has gone to ground … Happy news withdrawn from bar website … Why all the mystery? 

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Friday
May202011

Carr and Brandis talk constitutional talk

• DateFriday, May 20, 2011

New constitutional reform unit at Uni of Sydney ... Indigenous recognition, the role of state governments, and local government all on the agenda ... Constitutional trogs Bob Carr and George Brandis part of the launch line-up ... Our man with a notebook was there for the ribbon-cutting

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