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We are a very like-minded group, the senior members of this government. The outliers are not very far away from the mainstream.

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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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Well, I'm not saying that an emissions tax is ever going to be good policy.
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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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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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There will be no overall increase in the tax burden whatsoever.
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Mates help each other they do not tax each other.
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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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If you want to put a price on carbon why not just do it with a simple tax?
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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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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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I think anything which improves services is in principle a good thing.
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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 am not being negative, I am simply being factual when I say Kevin Rudd is the best friend the people smugglers have ever had
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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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The only party which is going to increase taxes after the election is the Labor Party.
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Part of my role, I suppose, is to run government business in the House of Representatives, and try to ensure that people know exactly what's going on in the Chamber is an important part of that.
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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 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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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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