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  Bob Carr
Robert John Carr (born 1947) is the Premier of New South Wales (1995 - present).
Carr makes no secret of his intellectual leanings, and still occasionally writes book reviews for the major newspapers.
Carr occasionally ventures into national policy issues, particularly environmental issues where he has consistently argued that Australia's population growth is environmentally and socially unsustainable.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bo/Bob_Carr.html   (199 words)

  
 Player Bio: Bob Carr :: Softball
As the team's pitching coach, Carr joined the coaching staff in 2002 and brings a wealth of knowledge to the Heights after many years of coaching amateur softball at both the youth and collegiate levels.
Carr and the Eagles reaped the benefits of one of the most successful pitching staffs in the conference.
Carr graduated from Harvard in 1968 and currently resides in Stoneham, Mass.
bceagles.cstv.com /sports/w-softbl/mtt/carr_bob00.html   (404 words)

  
 Carr Defense Fund
Bob Carr may survive these terrorist tactics, not because of his innocents but rather because it is going to take his life savings (acquired working as an honest and faithful servant) and everything once a proud man can beg and borrow to answer the lies.
Carr, by all accounts is a fine, honest, upstanding citizen of the United States of America, the State of Florida and the County of Charlotte.
Carr is indeed the victim of a personal/political vendetta originated and sponsored by Mr.
www.a101avn.org /carrdefensefund.htm   (3522 words)

  
 Bob Carr: Revenge of the Nerd
BOB CARR: "Jones is going to hear about this and he's going to be savaging me because we backed the waterfront workers in the dispute." They were terrific gladiatorial contests.
HELEN DALLEY: Bob Carr was the bookish intellectual who became the conservative Abe Lincoln-quoting Premier, the train driver's son who says he's constantly on a journey to better himself, his nose forever in a book.
BOB CARR: All our anecdotal experience out of the election campaign confirms that after 12 years in office the biggest thing against us was the feeling that it was time for a change.
sunday.ninemsn.com.au /sunday/cover_stories/article_1838.asp   (2192 words)

  
 Interview: Bob Carr
BOB CARR: All I knew about her is that I'd seen her on CNN and other international television broadcasts.
BOB CARR: Well, I didn't make the decision to award the peace prize but seeing that this foundation at Sydney University had done it, I thought, maybe I was naive, that we've all got a role to play in bringing two warring peoples together.
BOB CARR: No, I think it's all the more reason for people to cool it and for the Jewish, that section of the Jewish community which has chosen to campaign on this just to think about whether these are the best tactics.
sunday.ninemsn.com.au /sunday/political_transcripts/article_1435.asp   (1016 words)

  
 6th Congressional District Elect Congressman Bob Carr Elect Congressman
Bob Carr came up with fourteen ways to save the lighthouse, gave it to the newspaper, and went back to Washington, D. The effort was successful and if you were to rent the movie "Somewhere In Time" with Christopher Reeves and Jane Seymour you will see the Lighthouse as it was spectacularly restored.
Bob Carr has a deep conviction regarding the rights of children, that whatever life is chosen for them by adults, the decision be made on the basis of what is best for the child, not what is best for the Adults ego.
Bob Carr and his campaigning started off with a bang when a Newspaper covering the Ohio's 6th District Congressional race regarding Bob Carr ran a story without talking to this Bob Carr who is the candidate.
www.bobcarr.org /about_bob_carr.php   (2843 words)

  
 Bob Carr News GKCNN Online
A former journalist, carr was elected as member for Maroubra in 1983, and became leader of the state labor Party in 1988, following the defeat of Barrie Unsworth's government.
"I think bob had his eye on a federal seat and it was largely the defeat of the labor government in 1988 that left the labor Party without a leader and bob was literally drafted into the job as leader of the opposition - a job which I'm certain he didn't relish," wran said.
NSW Premier Bob Carr today issued a virtual apology to whistleblower nurses in a last ditch effort to avoid being charged with contempt and a possible appearance before the Supreme Court.
www.geocities.com /publik15/archive05/2005c24.html   (666 words)

  
 Book review: Bob Carr for Canberra: the revenge of the ALP nerd - On Line Opinion - 15/10/2003
The "Carr for Canberra" speculation that was used to publicise Andrew West and Rachel Morris's biography of Bob Carr was, as the authors' account clearly indicates, kicked off by the NSW Right.
Carr's advancement as a professional politician depended on the NSW Right but he was not in the inner circle and sometimes it showed.
Carr's stance on the environment appeals to middle-class voters whose support can be added to a working-class base which Carr has consolidated by pushing the right law-and-order buttons during eight years in office.
www.onlineopinion.com.au /view.asp?article=788   (1209 words)

  
 Bob Carr quits as Premier - National - theage.com.au
NSW Premier Bob Carr has quit after 10 years as premier and 17 as Labor leader.
Mr Carr said he made his decision last weekend over a bottle of chardonnay and after lengthy discussions with his wife, Helena.
Mr Carr cited the Sydney Olympics, good governance and creation of a string of national parks as personal victories from his four terms in office.
www.theage.com.au /news/national/bob-carr-quits-as-premier/2005/07/27/1122143879432.html   (675 words)

  
 Bob Carr: the Reluctant Leader
The media has long known of Bob Carr’s devotion as a diarist, and often speculated on what his diaries might reveal of his innermost thoughts.
After undertaking painstaking research, interviewing Bob Carr and his staff, as well as NSW Labor officials and politicians, and selecting hundreds of diary entries, Dodkin has been able to craft an in-depth, insider’s account of Carr’s leadership in Opposition and government from 1988 to 2003.
Carr won a second term for Labor in 1999, and has now become a major force in Australian politics.
www.unswpress.com.au /isbn/0868407577.htm   (351 words)

  
 Bob Carr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The son of a train driver, Carr was born in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra, and was educated at Matraville High School and the University of New South Wales, from which he graduated as a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in history.
In May 2003, a biography by Marilyn Dodkin, Bob Carr: the reluctant leader, was published, partly because it was based on Carr's private diaries and included his often uncomplimentary thoughts on various political personalities.
Bob Carr is the Vice Chairman of Global Panel Australasia, a partner of the respected Berlin-based Global Panel Foundation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bob_Carr   (1055 words)

  
 Populate & perish: Bob Carr's Grim Big Picture
In this interview Carr makes his case for a negligible migrant intake, resistance to increases in rural populations, and Australian foreign aid tied to population control policies.
Bob Carr's dark vision of the planet is not simply driven by an obvious concern over chronic environmental problems.
Carr draws a strong link between population levels and the state of the environment, and it's this linkage that has attracted critical attention.
www.econ.usyd.edu.au /wos/worksite/carr.html   (1721 words)

  
 NSW Election: Bob Carr's next four years - 5 April 2003
In spite of Bob Carr's overwhelming third-term victory in the New South Wales election there are a few hidden problems ahead for the NSW Labor Party.
Carr won because he was able to use his own personal popularity and credentials to cement the ALP as the natural and trusted party of government in NSW.
Though Carr repeatedly declared his desire to serve for four years, the NSW Premier is now "recruitable" and a serious option for Federal Labor MPs agonising over who might save them from the disaster Simon Crean promises.
www.newsweekly.com.au /articles/2003apr05_nsw.html   (977 words)

  
 Bob Carr biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In October 1983 Bob was elected to the State seat of Maroubra.
After the devastating defeat of the Unsworth Government in 1988, Bob was elected unopposed as Leader of the Opposition and immediately set about rebuilding the Labor Party in NSW.
Labor won 50 seats in the Legislative Assembly and Bob Carr became the 13th Labor Premier of NSW on 4 April 1995 with Ministerial responsibility for Ethnic Affairs and the Arts.
gaiaguys.net /carrb.htm   (248 words)

  
 The paradox of Bob Carr - On Line Opinion - 28/7/2005
Carr was, in contrast to his predecessor and my former employer John Fahey, a bookish and intellectually arrogant premier of New South Wales.
Carr appeared to believe that there was such a thing as the criminal class and the community needed to be protected from it.
Carr will no doubt continue to interest and challenge us with regular forays into the literary world, but it’s just a pity the paradox of Bob Carr was not juxtaposed more often.
www.onlineopinion.com.au /view.asp?article=3727   (1093 words)

  
 CD Baby: BOB CARR: Somebody Prayed For Me
Bob Carr is a passionate and Creative Artist/Songwriter whose Contemporary Gospel Music will make you want to dance, sing and shout to the Glory of God.
His Mother, Pearline Carr was a regular and active member of the Original Church of God on 14th and Phillip St. in Nashville, Tenn. This cd is dedicated to her, his aunt Charles Etta who resides in Euclid, Ohio and, who is 93 years old, and to his wife Rose Marie Carr.
Bob supports and prays for all gospel artists who write, sing and record their music to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ.
cdbaby.com /cd/bobcarr   (1163 words)

  
 The Bob Carr question: is stupidity genetic
Bob's just told us that it's going to be three more years of the same: more privatisation, more prisons, more prisoners, more cops, more grovelling to the big end of town.
Normally we don't put the spotlight on our politicians' private lives, and that's as it should be, but when a man choses to say that the tragedies suffered by thousands of families are basically the result of the stupidity of individuals he ought to have the courage to apply that explanation to his own family.
The discussion ambled on until the small hours but we finally agreed it would be intrusive and unfair to go public and ask Bob to answer difficult and personal questions.
www.brushtail.com.au /bob.carr.question.html   (723 words)

  
 Bob Carr - Saxton Speaker Bureau - Speaker Details
"Carr is the most consistently effective, engaging and entertaining speaker with whom I have collaborated," writes Graham Freudenberg, Australia's best known political speech writer in his memoir.
Entering politics in 1983, Bob became leader of the Australian Labor Party in New South Wales in 1988 and led it to electoral victory in 1995.
Bob's interests and priorities ranged over conservation, literacy, tort law reform, medical research, the arts and economic development.
www.saxton.com.au /default.asp?sd8=3034   (438 words)

  
 Carr-Hughes Productions - Staff Information
Bob's experience includes years of host broadcast production in countries from Japan to Latvia, including 2 World Luge Championships servicing major international clients such as ARD/ZDF (Germany), CBC (Canada), EuroSport (56 Countries, Pan-European), NBC, ESPN, and Speed.
Bob was recently honored to be named to oversee the luge, bobsled and skeleton production from the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy.
She is also the wife of Carr-Hughes Editor Bob Ives (but she was here first!!).
www.carr-hughes.com /staff/index.cfm   (387 words)

  
 Polemica: Bob Carr's alternate universe extravaganza   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Bob Carr acted as compere, tormenting a panel of political and media notables as he lead them through his own warped, alternate history of Australian federal politics.
The panelists were apparently unawares as to the general direction in which the hypothetical was going to tread under Carr's stewardship, and some had admitted some fright at the whole prospect of proceedings.
Somewhat controversially, extracting some gasps from the audience, Carr suggested that Fraser had been so distraught from his fall from grace that he engaged in a suicide attempt.
www.wsacaucus.org /archives/2005/11/bob_carrs_alter_1.html   (1043 words)

  
 Bob Carr and me - www.smh.com.au
Towards the end of the press conference, a reporter asked Mr Carr about revelations in the Herald the the wife of a a senior ALP minister, John Della Bosca, was set to benefit from a major government tender (smhtoday).
Mr Carr said tender processes in NSW were squeaky clean, and moved on to berate NSW opposition leader John Brogden for receiving money from a big accounting firm.
Bob: - and you are a parody of a journalist.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/11/19/1037682014953.html   (2665 words)

  
 Brisbane Institute: People - Bob Carr
In 1998 the World Conservation Union awarded Premier Carr the Fred M Packard International Parks Merit Award in recognition of the expansion of national parks achieved under his leadership, including the creation of 179 new national parks since 1995.
In the March 1999 State election, Bob Carr's Labor Government was re-elected for a second four year term with a majority of 17 seats.
Bob Carr and his wife Helena live in his electorate of Maroubra.
www.brisinst.org.au /people/carr_bob.html   (308 words)

  
 BOB CARR PREDICTS HOWARD WILL STAY ON UNTIL THE ELECTION
THE leadership stoush between John Howard and Peter Costello was only likely to spur the Prime Minister to stay in the job, former New South Wales premier Bob Carr said.
Mr Carr said the "rhetorical sharpening of the conflict between" the two men would only push away any doubts Mr Howard may have about whether he should finish his term.
The Australian economy is performing very strongly because of external circumstances and a record of good management from both sides of Australian politics.
expage.com /howardcostello2   (383 words)

  
 Muslims unite - it's time to disown terror - National - smh.com.au
As the State Government considers bag searches and placing bomb-sniffer dogs on trains, the Premier, Bob Carr, raised the stakes in the debate over Muslim fundamentalism yesterday, saying people should be denied visas if they refuse to integrate.
Later, Mr Carr appeared to back away from this position, saying advocating criminal activity should be the test.
Sheik Yasin said yesterday that Mr Carr had "denied me natural justice" and that Channel Nine's 60 Minutes had taken him out of context when it showed him saying the punishment for homosexuality was death under sharia law, and telling young Muslims in Sydney that "university is a gateway for deviation".
www.smh.com.au /articles/2005/07/25/1122143787331.html?oneclick=true   (696 words)

  
 Bob Carr Performing Arts Center - Schedule, Dates and Concert Tickets - Orlando, FL
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 Bob Carr links
He's an admirer of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, an afficionado of US politics, a celery juice-drinking health nut and a master of the petty craft of politics.
Bob was really good at law-and-order fearmongering, schmoozing the mainstream press, shifting the blame for failure onto others and saying good things about an issue when his government was about to do the opposite.
10 August 2000 Nick is hired to investigate Bob Carr's weird behaviour and discovers he's infatuated with the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius.
www.brushtail.com.au /bob_carr.html   (309 words)

  
 Bill Gates and Bob Carr Deliver the Future for Small Business
Bob Carr, Premier of New South Wales have today shared their respective visions for the future of Australian small businesses at Sydney's Star City Casino.
The event titled, "2020 Vision - The future for small business", was hosted by Channel 9s Small Business Show's, Janine Perrett, and was sponsored by Microsoft Australia and the NSW Department of State and Regional Development.
Mr Carr also went on to emphasise the important role that small business plays in the NSW economy, stating that NSW small business account for a third of all Australian small businesses.
www.microsoft.com /presspass/press/2000/Sept00/AusSmallBizPR.mspx   (716 words)

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