Tony Abbott Quotes
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Every prime minister has a whole series of networks, and there are official formal networks and there are unofficial informal networks. I'm lucky in that I have good official formal networks, starting with my own office, the leadership group, the cabinet and the party room.
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We are a very like-minded group, the senior members of this government. The outliers are not very far away from the mainstream.
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We have already provided a strong humanitarian response to the problems in the Middle East and that response will be stronger within coming days.
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If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth.
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For small business men and women, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family.
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The quality of government, I suppose, is determined not by what happens, but by how you react to what happens.
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I'm a politician. I'm not going to get into a whole range of scientific argument with scientists.
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Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country's British heritage.
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The problem with politicians getting to know the issues in indigenous townships is that we tend to suffer from what Aboriginal people call the 'seagull syndrome' - we fly in, scratch around and fly out.
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A bit of body contact never hurt anyone.
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A government that says what it means, and means what it says.
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The thing about social media is that it is anonymous, so it can be much more vitriolic and extreme than normal media and yet it is there for everyone to see. It is kind of like electronic graffiti. The political process is accelerated and intense in a way that I don't believe it ever really has been before.
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I don't think that my particular religious convictions should be held against me in this campaign any more than the Prime Minister's lack of convictions should be held against her.
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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.