Tony Abbott Quotes
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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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We accept that sometimes in difficult circumstances, difficult things happen.
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I want to be a very good friend to Indonesia, but there are some things which are non-negotiable. Border protection is just non-negotiable. Maintaining a strong security network is just non-negotiable. I think the Indonesians understand 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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There will be no overall increase in the tax burden whatsoever.
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No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.
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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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And a government that accepts that it will be judged more by its deeds than by its mere words.
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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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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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It was a positive sign that the conversation took place, it's a sign of the depth of the friendship between Australia and Indonesia.
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More excuses for more failures.
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Tony Abbott's books are so amazing!
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I want to see an end to sovereign risk questions over Australia.
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You cannot win an election without a fight.
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Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.
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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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My commitment to the forgotten families of Australia is to ease your cost of living pressure.
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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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Climate change is crap.
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We cannot suffer a person by his affidavit to arraign the whole justice of the country and its administration.
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Certainly, my uni days involved some statements that I wouldn't make today.
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I just think that this whole issue of creating potential human life, not to give life, but to give the scientists a bit more of a leg-up, is fraught with danger.
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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.