Tony Abbott Quotes
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We just can't stop people from being homeless if that's their choice.
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We accept that sometimes in difficult circumstances, difficult things happen.
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Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.
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No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.
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The smart way to improve broadband is not to junk the existing network but to make the most of it. It’s to let a competitive market deliver the speeds that people need at an affordable price with government improving infrastructure in the areas where market competition won’t deliver it.
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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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There will be no overall increase in the tax burden whatsoever.
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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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Certainly, my uni days involved some statements that I wouldn't make today.
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If you don't want to work weekends, don't.
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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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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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I want to see an end to sovereign risk questions over Australia.
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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!
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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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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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The only thing I wouldn't do is sell my arse.
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More excuses for more failures.
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I think we've produced a stronger prohibition on real racism, while maintaining freedom of speech in ordinary public discussion. So I'm very comfortable with where we're at. We're not dogmatic or impervious to a further argument, that's why we released it as an exposure draft rather than simply releasing it straight into the parliament.
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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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There are some issues where ministers should come and talk to the prime minister, if the prime minister hasn't already talked to them. Any issue which a minister thinks is going to be profoundly controversial, where we do not have a clear existing position, it is important that there be a conversation between the minister and the prime minister. I think they all understand that and I think it is working very well.
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Tony Abbott's books are so amazing!
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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've got to get the system right. That's why we've got this root-and-branch reform under way.