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Prime Minister Of Australia Inspirational Quotes (119)

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There will be no surprises and no excuses from a Coalition government, Barrie.
Tony Abbott
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Australia will take more refugees from Syria in response to the growing international crisis but it will not increase the total number of asylum seekers it accepts.
Tony Abbott
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There is much to be said for an emissions trading scheme. It was, after all, the mechanism for emission reduction ultimately chosen by the Howard government.
Tony Abbott
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When the world is in trouble, Australia responds. Australia is a good, global citizen.
Tony Abbott
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Middle income families with children are Australia’s new poor
Tony Abbott
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I want to run a government, Barnaby wants to be part of a government, which is characterized by the motto if you like, no surprises, no excuses. That will be the motto of an incoming Coalition government. No surprises, no excuses.
Tony Abbott
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To be sociable, I puffed on a marijuana cigarette, but I didn't inhale...I just hate the idea of drawing smoke into my lungs.
Tony Abbott
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The only party which is going to increase taxes after the election is the Labor Party.
Tony Abbott
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Whether carbon dioxide is quite the environmental villain that some people make it out to be is not yet proven.
Tony Abbott
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There's always a lot happening. I mean, that's the thing about politics: it's just one damn thing after another!
Tony Abbott
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The argument [behind climate change] is absolute crap. However, the politics of this are tough for us. Eighty per cent of people believe climate change is a real and present danger.
Tony Abbott
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I'm focused on doing the job the treasurer should do.I don't respond to gossip.
Tony Abbott
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Faith is important to me. It's important to millions of Australians. It helps to shape who I am. It helps to shape my values. But it must never, never dictate my politics.
Tony Abbott
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We are going to be a government of no surprises and no excuses a government which keeps its commitments and a government which is straight and candid with the Australian people and that's what we intend to do.
Tony Abbott
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The problem with politicians getting to know the issues in indigenous townships is that we tend to suffer from what Aboriginal people call the 'seagull syndrome' - we fly in, scratch around and fly out.
Tony Abbott
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No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.
Tony Abbott
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The the relationship between the prime minister and the monarch is very much a personal one and when it comes to the constitution of the Order of Australia, which is headed by the monarch, this is governed by letters patent, which are a matter between the prime minister and the monarch.
Tony Abbott
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We will be a consultative, collegial government. No surprises, no excuses. That's what you'll get under the Coalition.
Tony Abbott
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I think that the best things that governments can do for productivity is not whack on new taxes and, if we can get institutions like schools and hospitals functioning better, well that's obviously good for the overall productiveness of our society.
Tony Abbott
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We just can’t stop people from being homeless if that’s their choice.
Tony Abbott
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Another big problem with any Australian emissions reduction scheme is that it would not make a material difference to atmospheric carbon concentrations unless the big international polluters had similar schemes.
Tony Abbott
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I know politicians are going to be judged on everything they say but sometimes in the heat of discussion you go a little bit further than you would if it was an absolutely calm, considered, prepared, scripted remark. The statements that need to be taken absolutely as gospel truth are those carefully prepared scripted remarks.
Tony Abbott
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What I would like to see is sufficiently good education and health services being delivered to Aboriginal people so that they are prepared and ready to leave and join the economic mainstream if that's their choice.
Tony Abbott
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I just think that this whole issue of creating potential human life, not to give life, but to give the scientists a bit more of a leg-up, is fraught with danger.
Tony Abbott
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