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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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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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We shouldn't be willy-nilly creating potential human life just to satisfy the urges of the scientific community.
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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 thing about social media is that it is anonymous, so it can be much more vitriolic and extreme than normal media and yet it is there for everyone to see. It is kind of like electronic graffiti. The political process is accelerated and intense in a way that I don't believe it ever really has been before.
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A bit of body contact never hurt anyone.
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We just can’t stop people from being homeless if that’s their choice.
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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.
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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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I am, as you know, hugely unconvinced by the so-called settled science on climate change.
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Whether carbon dioxide is quite the environmental villain that some people make it out to be is not yet proven.
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I think leadership is knowing what you want to achieve and then purposefully and sensibly taking steps to achieve it, remembering always that you have got to bring people with you if you are seeking to be a successful political leader.
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Do we really want to invest $50 billion of hard earned taxpayers money in what is essentially a video entertainment system?
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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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The argument [behind climate change] is absolute crap. However, the politics of this are tough for us. Eighty per cent of people believe climate change is a real and present danger.
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Middle income families with children are Australia’s new poor
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There is much to be said for an emissions trading scheme. It was, after all, the mechanism for emission reduction ultimately chosen by the Howard government.
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The role of CO2 is not nearly as clear as the climate catastrophists would suggest.
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I think that it's high time that the Prime Minister stopped making excuses for bad policy and started listening to the forgotten families of Australia.
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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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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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More excuses for more failures.
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