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A government that says what it means, and means what it says.

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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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The last thing Australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty.
Tony Abbott
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I want to make it clear that I do not judge or condemn any woman who has had an abortion, but every abortion is a tragedy and up to 100,000 abortions a year is this generation's legacy of unutterable shame.
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The media - and I'm not blaming them - obviously like to seize on the differences between people and, sure, there are some senior members of the government who are in a slightly different philosophical space to mine. But do not underestimate the substantial single-mindedness of this government.
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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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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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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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The climate change argument is absolute crap
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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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The measure in the budget in relation to parental leave pay is based on a simple proposition. Most women across Australia have access to one scheme funded by the taxpayer. Some women have access to two schemes and that's great.
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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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There will be no surprises and no excuses from a Coalition government, Barrie.
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I think that the best things that governments can do for productivity is not whack on new taxes and, if we can get institutions like schools and hospitals functioning better, well that's obviously good for the overall productiveness of our society.
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When politicians complain about the media, it strikes me as resembling footballers complaining about the umpire.
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Every prime minister has a whole series of networks, and there are official formal networks and there are unofficial informal networks. I'm lucky in that I have good official formal networks, starting with my own office, the leadership group, the cabinet and the party room.
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If people are going to do things which have certain consequences that they would rather avoid, they should do whatever they need to avoid the consequences.
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We just can’t stop people from being homeless if that’s their choice.
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No cuts to health , no cuts to education, no cuts to pensions.
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There are no factions in the Liberal Party
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Well, Michael, we will be telling the people of Australia in good time before the next election exactly what they can expect from us. No surprises, no excuses. They will be our watch words going into the election and afterwards, should we form a government.
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A government that understands the limits of power as well as its potential.
Tony Abbott