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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
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I am, as you know, hugely unconvinced by the so-called settled science on climate change.
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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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Well, I'm not saying that an emissions tax is ever going to be good policy.
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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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A midnight knock on the door followed by execution is no way a leader should be treated.
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We are looking at what more we can do. As well as a strong security response we need a strong humanitarian one.
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Why isn’t the fact that 100,000 women choose to end their pregnancies regarded as a national tragedy approaching the scale, say, of Aboriginal life expectancy being 20 years less than that of the general community?
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Australia would play its role in taking displaced people from the Syrian conflict.
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We are naturally reluctant as a peace-loving people to reach out to far-away conflicts but, as we know, this conflict has been reaching out to us for months now.
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A bit of body contact never hurt anyone.
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If you don't want to work weekends, don't.
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