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Western civilisation came to this country in 1788 and I'm proud of that...

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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
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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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Do we really want to invest $50 billion of hard earned taxpayers money in what is essentially a video entertainment system?
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When the world is in trouble, Australia responds. Australia is a good, global citizen.
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A midnight knock on the door followed by execution is no way a leader should be treated.
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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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I try to treat people as people and not put them in pigeonholes.
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No cuts to health , no cuts to education, no cuts to pensions.
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Voluntary paid maternity leave: yes compulsory paid maternity leave: over this Government’s dead body, frankly. It just won’t happen.
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No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.
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I'm focused on doing the job the treasurer should do.I don't respond to gossip.
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Most of the people who are coming to Australia by boat have passed through several countries on the way, and if they simply wanted asylum they could have claimed that in any of the countries through which they'd passed.
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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.
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There are no factions in the Liberal Party
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A government that understands the limits of power as well as its potential.
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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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What the housewives of Australia need to understand as they do the ironing is that if they get it done commercially it’s going to go up in price and their own power bills when they switch the iron on are going to go up.
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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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I instinctively try to protect people from filth.
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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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They've changed the salesman but they haven't changed the product.
Tony Abbott