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When politicians complain about the media, it strikes me as resembling footballers complaining about the umpire.

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Tony Abbott
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 4
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Prime Minister Of Australia
Anthony John Abbott
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The role of CO2 is not nearly as clear as the climate catastrophists would suggest.
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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 fact is that I'm interested in getting on with my job of holding the Government to account and I think that the Government should get on with the job of effectively running the country and not making excuses for poor performance, not lowering expectations. Their job is to deliver on their election commitments.
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In the era of mobile phones and emails, you're no more out of the loop in China than you are in Sydney.
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I instinctively try to protect people from filth.
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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.
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The only party which is going to increase taxes after the election is the Labor Party.
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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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A midnight knock on the door followed by execution is no way a leader should be treated.
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Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.
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A government that says what it means, and means what it says.
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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.
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I don't think that my particular religious convictions should be held against me in this campaign any more than the Prime Minister's lack of convictions should be held against her.
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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.
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I think that people should come to Australia through the front door, not through the back door. If people want a migration outcome, they should go through the migration channels.
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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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We have already provided a strong humanitarian response to the problems in the Middle East and that response will be stronger within coming days.
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There will be no overall increase in the tax burden whatsoever.
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We shouldn't be willy-nilly creating potential human life just to satisfy the urges of the scientific community.
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People who have put money aside on the basis of a certain set of rules shouldn't have that money raided just because government has got a problem.
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