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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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Tony Abbott
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 4
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Prime Minister Of Australia
Anthony John Abbott
Anthony John Tony Abbott
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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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Australia would play its role in taking displaced people from the Syrian conflict.
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I've always been very wary of debates involving women.
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Another big problem with any Australian emissions reduction scheme is that it would not make a material difference to atmospheric carbon concentrations unless the big international polluters had similar schemes.
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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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We've got to get the system right. That's why we've got this root-and-branch reform under way.
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I try to treat people as people and not put them in pigeonholes.
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I was pointing out the depth of the friendship between Australia and Indonesia and the fact that Australia has been there for Indonesia when Indonesia has been in difficulty.
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I am not being negative, I am simply being factual when I say Kevin Rudd is the best friend the people smugglers have ever had
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It's very easy for Australians living in big cities to either romanticise or demonise the situation in Aboriginal places - to kind of look at things through the 'noble innocents' prism or through the 'chronically dysfunctional' prism, and I suspect that is so often the case.
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I have close family members as well as lots of close friends who are gay. Many of them strongly support gay marriage.
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Middle income families with children are Australia’s new poor
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I am in favour of the notion of Australia as an immigrant society
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No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.
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I think it's time for the Prime Minister to stop making excuses and to start governing.
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