Bush program ruffles feathers (* visit to Australia) [View All]

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Parliament will be recalled on October 23 for a joint sitting to be addressed by US President George Bush. He will speak about how America and Australia can work together to eliminate terrorism from the Asia-Pacific region.

Prime Minister John Howard yesterday refused to give details of the trip, but was upstaged by a White House briefing to American journalists that contained minute-by-minute details of the President's movements in Australia.

The briefing named the Australian Prime Minister as "John Major" and was dismissive of Canberra as a destination.

The ACT's Tourism Minister, Ted Quinlan, described the White House as "bloody patronising".

"You would have thought that in the modern age, and in this year especially, that the Americans wouldn't be patronising anybody," Mr Quinlan said.

"You'd think they would just be a little more polite to their friends."

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/03/1064988407493.html

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