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Like the Governor-General, when asked what you enjoy most about the job my tendency is to say today, because of the insights you get into our nation and because of the privileged contact you have with so many people.

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Tony Abbott
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 4
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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 don't think my religious convictions should be held against me.
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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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Faith is important to me. It's important to millions of Australians. It helps to shape who I am. It helps to shape my values. But it must never, never dictate my politics.
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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 looking at what more we can do. As well as a strong security response we need a strong humanitarian one.
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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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