Tony Abbott Quotes
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Today, we have got more excuses from the government.
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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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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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The one thing that has changed dramatically when you talk to the people of New Zealand and people from Ireland? They feel a darned-sight better about themselves because they made the decision to do what they've done, and I can say to you, we would feel a bloody darned sight better about ourselves once we get an opportunity to put this vote on same-sex marriage out there.
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Our police, our hard-working police, that our extraordinarily committed and dedicated military personnel, I'm really pleased that they are getting a good paid parental leave scheme.
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Most of the people who are coming to Australia by boat have passed through several countries on the way, and if they simply wanted asylum they could have claimed that in any of the countries through which they'd passed.
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They've changed the salesman but they haven't changed the product.
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There will be no overall increase in the tax burden whatsoever.
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What I would like to see is sufficiently good education and health services being delivered to Aboriginal people so that they are prepared and ready to leave and join the economic mainstream if that's their choice.
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Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.
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I want to see an end to sovereign risk questions over Australia.
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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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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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More excuses for more failures.
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If you don't want to work weekends, don't.
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I do enjoy exercise, not because I am an exercise junkie but because it's terrific stress release.
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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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All of the people who are using their BlackBerries or their iPhones, Facebook, all of the people who are sitting in cafes and hotels rooms doing their work, they're all using wireless technology, and we shouldn't assume that the only way of the future is high speed cable.
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Labor has come out with a series of proposals to increase taxes, including taxes on people across Australia saving for their retirement, he has actually identified so far zero dollars in spending reductions.
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Tony Abbott's books are so amazing!
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The only thing I wouldn't do is sell my arse.
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And a government that accepts that it will be judged more by its deeds than by its mere words.
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Certainly, my uni days involved some statements that I wouldn't make today.
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There's always a lot happening. I mean, that's the thing about politics: it's just one damn thing after another!