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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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All of the people who are using their BlackBerries or their iPhones, Facebook, all of the people who are sitting in cafes and hotels rooms doing their work, they're all using wireless technology, and we shouldn't assume that the only way of the future is high speed cable.
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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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If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia.
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We are looking at what more we can do. As well as a strong security response we need a strong humanitarian one.
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Our police, our hard-working police, that our extraordinarily committed and dedicated military personnel, I'm really pleased that they are getting a good paid parental leave scheme.
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Every prime minister has a whole series of networks, and there are official formal networks and there are unofficial informal networks. I'm lucky in that I have good official formal networks, starting with my own office, the leadership group, the cabinet and the party room.
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So, my friends, in a week or so the Governor-General will swear in a new government.
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A bit of body contact never hurt anyone.
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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.
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There will be no overall increase in the tax burden whatsoever.
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I've always been very wary of debates involving women.
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