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When you are challenging the young, they can come back at you with language of tremendous power and they are no respecters of sacred cows, you know, the young. There's nothing politically correct about the average young Australian when it comes to use of language.

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Tony Abbott
Age: 66
Born: 1957
Born: November 4
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