Reckon He'll Do

Peter Costello, Treasurer of Australia and likely our next Prime Minister:

If you are somebody who wants to live in an Islamic state governed by sharia law you are not going to be happy in Australia, because Australia is not an Islamic state, will never be an Islamic state and will never be governed by sharia law.

We are a secular state under our constitution, our law is made by parliament elected in democratic elections.

We do not derive our laws from religious instruction.

There are Islamic states around the world that practise sharia law and if that’s your object you may well be much more at home in such a country than trying to turn Australia into one of those countries, because it’s not going to happen.

I wasn't sure he would measure up to John Howard's example, but I think I'm starting to come round.

(via Tim Blair)

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