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There is one fundamental message that we want to go out from this place to every nook and cranny of our country: There should be no new tax collection without an election.

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Tony Abbott
Age: 66
Born: 1957
Born: November 4
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More excuses for more failures.
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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.
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I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning.
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Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.
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To move past fear is a cliche.
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I've always been very wary of debates involving women.
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I think we've produced a stronger prohibition on real racism, while maintaining freedom of speech in ordinary public discussion. So I'm very comfortable with where we're at. We're not dogmatic or impervious to a further argument, that's why we released it as an exposure draft rather than simply releasing it straight into the parliament.
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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.
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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.
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