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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.

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
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There will be no overall increase in the tax burden whatsoever.
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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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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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Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.
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We will be a consultative, collegial government. No surprises, no excuses. That's what you'll get under the Coalition.
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Middle income families with children are Australia’s new poor
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I was pointing out the depth of the friendship between Australia and Indonesia and the fact that Australia has been there for Indonesia when Indonesia has been in difficulty.
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I think that people should come to Australia through the front door, not through the back door. If people want a migration outcome, they should go through the migration channels.
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I am, as you know, hugely unconvinced by the so-called settled science on climate change.
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Australia would play its role in taking displaced people from the Syrian conflict.
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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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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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Victory is within our ready grasp...We are in reach of a famous victory
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To be sociable, I puffed on a marijuana cigarette, but I didn't inhale...I just hate the idea of drawing smoke into my lungs.
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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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