Alexander Downer
Birthday:
September 9, 1951 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Birth Name:
Alexander John Gosse Downer
Height:
188 cm
Alexander Downer was born on September 9, 1951 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. He has been married to Nicky Downer since June 17, 1978. They have four children.
I think any good government will target on the finishing date, that is, the polling day and make sure that their strategy is strong and in p...Show more »
I think any good government will target on the finishing date, that is, the polling day and make sure that their strategy is strong and in place to get them successfully re-elected. Show less «
I hate to spoil my own prospects, but I really don't respect the kiss-and-tell approach to public life at all, not at all.
I hate to spoil my own prospects, but I really don't respect the kiss-and-tell approach to public life at all, not at all.
I'm not terribly focused on whether I even could ever become the Leader of the Liberal Party or the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in th...Show more »
I'm not terribly focused on whether I even could ever become the Leader of the Liberal Party or the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in the future. Show less «
If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them than it is on me.
If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them than it is on me.
My father had the same name as me but he was known as Alec. He was a member of the House of Representatives.
My father had the same name as me but he was known as Alec. He was a member of the House of Representatives.
So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish.
So this is all part of a free society. People are entitled to hold whatever view they want, and the media can report things how they wish.
Well goodness knows, goodness knows what historians will write.
Well goodness knows, goodness knows what historians will write.
Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.
Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.
I think prime ministers, I actually think Cabinet ministers should be subject to intense scrutiny, I think that's in the public interest, ev...Show more »
I think prime ministers, I actually think Cabinet ministers should be subject to intense scrutiny, I think that's in the public interest, even if some of the allegations made aren't right and so on, and they have to correct the record, it doesn't matter. Show less «
I'm not going into personal details of meetings I have with anybody, be it John Howard or President Bush or President Putin or President Yel...Show more »
I'm not going into personal details of meetings I have with anybody, be it John Howard or President Bush or President Putin or President Yeltsin, in years gone by, whoever it may be, I'm not going into that. Show less «
Well people often ask me how I felt growing up with a father who was a politician and who was often away. But when I'm asked that question I...Show more »
Well people often ask me how I felt growing up with a father who was a politician and who was often away. But when I'm asked that question I often reflect on my inability really to be able to answer it in any relative sense because I never grew up with a father doing anything else. So I just have no idea what it would be like otherwise. Show less «
Well, I'm not going to go into what the letter says, because the police are looking at that. But as you say it's in Bahasa. But of course th...Show more »
Well, I'm not going to go into what the letter says, because the police are looking at that. But as you say it's in Bahasa. But of course that's not to suggest that the letter came from outside of Australia. It came from in Australia. It came from Victoria. Show less «
Well, it's a - I don't want to disappoint you, but it's a time worn tradition of Australian Governments over many years not to get into any ...Show more »
Well, it's a - I don't want to disappoint you, but it's a time worn tradition of Australian Governments over many years not to get into any discussion about that aspect of intelligence matters. Show less «
Yes, I don't think I shall ever become Prime Minister. Hard as that is to swallow, I tell you one person who is very happy always to see me ...Show more »
Yes, I don't think I shall ever become Prime Minister. Hard as that is to swallow, I tell you one person who is very happy always to see me say that, and that's my wife. Show less «
