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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.

Tony Abbott

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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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I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning.
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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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A midnight knock on the door followed by execution is no way a leader should be treated.
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Prima facie, every estate, whether given by will or otherwise, is supposed to be beneficial to the party to whom it is so given.
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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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When politicians complain about the media, it strikes me as resembling footballers complaining about the umpire.
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Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.
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What I would like to see is sufficiently good education and health services being delivered to Aboriginal people so that they are prepared and ready to leave and join the economic mainstream if that's their choice.
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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 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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