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It is a very heavy responsibility [to be a prime-minister] to make, but someone has to make it for our country and I am thrilled and honoured to have that opportunity and that responsibility.

Tony Abbott

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Tony Abbott
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 4
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Prime Minister Of Australia
Anthony John Abbott
Anthony John Tony Abbott
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I am a model of positivity compared to the kinds of vitriol, the kinds of destructive criticisms that Labor members of parliament have been making of each other.
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I think anything which improves services is in principle a good thing.
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Why isn’t the fact that 100,000 women choose to end their pregnancies regarded as a national tragedy approaching the scale, say, of Aboriginal life expectancy being 20 years less than that of the general community?
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I am, as you know, hugely unconvinced by the so-called settled science on climate change.
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I don't think my religious convictions should be held against me.
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The fact is that I'm interested in getting on with my job of holding the Government to account and I think that the Government should get on with the job of effectively running the country and not making excuses for poor performance, not lowering expectations. Their job is to deliver on their election commitments.
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No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.
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We are sticking with the plan. We have a plan to get taxes down, to get regulation down, to get productivity up, to create jobs, to reduce taxes, to boost prosperity. The plan is working and we are sticking with it.
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We accept that sometimes in difficult circumstances, difficult things happen.
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So, my friends, in a week or so the Governor-General will swear in a new government.
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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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What the housewives of Australia need to understand as they do the ironing is that if they get it done commercially it’s going to go up in price and their own power bills when they switch the iron on are going to go up.
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I think I would say to my daughters if they were to ask me this question... it [their virginity] is the greatest gift that you can give someone, the ultimate gift of giving and don't give it to someone lightly, that's what I would say.
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Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.
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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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Another big problem with any Australian emissions reduction scheme is that it would not make a material difference to atmospheric carbon concentrations unless the big international polluters had similar schemes.
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When politicians complain about the media, it strikes me as resembling footballers complaining about the umpire.
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If you want to put a price on carbon why not just do it with a simple tax?
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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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When the world is in trouble, Australia responds. Australia is a good, global citizen.
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