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We just can’t stop people from being homeless if that’s their choice.

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Tony Abbott
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 4
Politician
Prime Minister Of Australia
Anthony John Abbott
Anthony John Tony Abbott
Homeless
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I try to treat people as people and not put them in pigeonholes.
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A presumption of any fact is, properly, an inferring of that fact from other facts that are known it is an act of reasoning and much of human knowledge on all subjects is derived from this source.
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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.
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I'm not running for canonisation.
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The thing about social media is that it is anonymous, so it can be much more vitriolic and extreme than normal media and yet it is there for everyone to see. It is kind of like electronic graffiti. The political process is accelerated and intense in a way that I don't believe it ever really has been before.
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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.
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Whether carbon dioxide is quite the environmental villain that some people make it out to be is not yet proven.
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Well, I'm not saying that an emissions tax is ever going to be good policy.
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The choice made by families not to immunize their children is not supported by public policy or medical research nor should such action be supported by taxpayers in the form of child care payments.
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Like the Governor-General, when asked what you enjoy most about the job my tendency is to say today, because of the insights you get into our nation and because of the privileged contact you have with so many people.
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Middle income families with children are Australia’s new poor
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There will be no surprises and no excuses from a Coalition government, Barrie.
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I am extremely unwilling that we should take upon ourselves to exercise a jurisdiction which the law does not vest in us.
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You cannot win an election without a fight
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I think there is no doubt that the advent of 24/7 news channels, which are voracious in their demand for constant new content, has accelerated the political process. The rise of social media, in addition to talkback, I think has intensified the political process.
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No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.
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Australia would play its role in taking displaced people from the Syrian conflict.
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No cuts to health , no cuts to education, no cuts to pensions.
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We are naturally reluctant as a peace-loving people to reach out to far-away conflicts but, as we know, this conflict has been reaching out to us for months now.
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