@columhead = No-one told us before
"Police often have very difficult decisions to make in the course of their work, and a code which gives them practicable and sensible guidelines will be very helpful." — Phil Tunchon, president of the NSW Police Association, on a new police "code of conduct'.
@columhead = No conflict
"He even posed for photographs at them." — A spokesperson for NSW police commissioner Peter Ryan, explaining that Ryan hadn't violated his own police code of conduct when he accepted free tickets to the AFL grand final and to a stage play.
@columhead = And stuff the spirit
"Meticulous in following the letter of the law." — Liberal Party federal director Andrew Robb, on the party's observance of electoral funding disclosure laws, after it was disclosed that $5.75 million in contributions were funnelled through trusts that allowed contributors to be hidden.
@columhead = Gaps — or moonlighting?
"The theft of this machine from the fourth floor has clearly revealed gaps in the head office security which must be urgently addressed." — SA police commissioner George Fivaz, after thieves stole an automatic teller machine from police headquarters in Pretoria.
@columhead = Question of the week
"The Order of Australia is a society of honour. What sort of society of honour is it that includes people with criminal convictions?" — Douglas Sturkey, secretary to the governor-general, responding to reports that Alan Bond's AO will be stripped from him after he pleaded guilty to defrauding Bell Resources of $1 billion.
@columhead = Who could forget a billion?
"[It would be] tragic if Australians were to forget [Bond's] very significant legacy". — Professor Don Watts, former Vice-Chancellor of Bond University, suggesting that Bond be allowed to keep his AO.