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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.

Tony Abbott

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Tony Abbott
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 4
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Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.
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A bit of body contact never hurt anyone.
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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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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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They've changed the salesman but they haven't changed the product.
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There's always a lot happening. I mean, that's the thing about politics: it's just one damn thing after another!
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No cuts to health , no cuts to education, no cuts to pensions.
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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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I know politicians are going to be judged on everything they say but sometimes in the heat of discussion you go a little bit further than you would if it was an absolutely calm, considered, prepared, scripted remark. The statements that need to be taken absolutely as gospel truth are those carefully prepared scripted remarks.
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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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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 accept that sometimes in difficult circumstances, difficult things happen.
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There are no factions in the Liberal Party
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I'm not running for canonisation.
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If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia.
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Our police, our hard-working police, that our extraordinarily committed and dedicated military personnel, I'm really pleased that they are getting a good paid parental leave scheme.
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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.
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