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I think my wife and my kids are incredibly good to allow me to stay in public life given that they have to cop a whole lot of collateral attention that, being human, they'd rather not get.

Tony Abbott

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Tony Abbott
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 4
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Prime Minister Of Australia
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