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If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.
-Karl Popper

Eye on Politics & Law Lords: Carr's adviser reveals the Westfield link
Bob Carr's closest adviser has contradicted his repeated denial that he was involved in a decision that closed the Liverpool factory outlet being opposed by retail giant Westfield.
The Premier's chief of staff, Graeme Wedderburn, yesterday revealed to a parliamentary committee that Mr Carr told him to "appropriately advise" the minister responsible for deciding the Orange Grove centre's future, Diane Beamer, to stick to the rules.
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