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We are going to be a government of no surprises and no excuses a government which keeps its commitments and a government which is straight and candid with the Australian people and that's what we intend to do.

Tony Abbott

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Tony Abbott
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 4
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To move past fear is a cliche.
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Most of the people who are coming to Australia by boat have passed through several countries on the way, and if they simply wanted asylum they could have claimed that in any of the countries through which they'd passed.
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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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The choice made by families not to immunize their children is not supported by public policy or medical research nor should such action be supported by taxpayers in the form of child care payments.
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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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In the era of mobile phones and emails, you're no more out of the loop in China than you are in Sydney.
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No cuts to health , no cuts to education, no cuts to pensions.
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There is one fundamental message that we want to go out from this place to every nook and cranny of our country: There should be no new tax collection without an election.
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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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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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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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When the world is in trouble, Australia responds. Australia is a good, global citizen.
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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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The only party which is going to increase taxes after the election is the Labor Party.
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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 think my wife and my kids are incredibly good to allow me to stay in public life given that they have to cop a whole lot of collateral attention that, being human, they'd rather not get.
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