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Prime Minister of Australia

Tony Abbott served as the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from September 2013 to September 2015. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has held various political positions throughout his career. Born on November 4, 1957, in London, United Kingdom, Abbott moved to Australia with his family at a young age.

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Famous Tony Abbott Quotes

“The measure in the budget in relation to parental leave pay is based on a simple proposition. Most women across Australia have access to one scheme funded by the taxpayer. Some women have access to two schemes and that's great.”

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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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“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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“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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“The the relationship between the prime minister and the monarch is very much a personal one and when it comes to the constitution of the Order of Australia, which is headed by the monarch, this is governed by letters patent, which are a matter between the prime minister and the monarch.”

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“Australia would play its role in taking displaced people from the Syrian conflict.”

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“When the world is in trouble, Australia responds. Australia is a good, global citizen.”

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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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“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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“I want to see an end to sovereign risk questions over Australia.”

Want Ends Risk Australia Sovereign

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“Jesus knew that there was a place for everything and it’s not necessarily everyone’s place to come to Australia.”

Jesus Australia

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“What the housewives of Australia need to understand as they do the ironing is that if they get it done commercially it’s going to go up in price and their own power bills when they switch the iron on are going to go up.”

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“This is a government which is proposing to put at risk our manufacturing industry, to penalise struggling families, to make a tough situation worse for millions of households right around Australia. And for what? To make not a scrap of difference to the environment any time in the next 1000 years.”

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“Now, I know that there are some Aboriginal people who aren’t happy with Australia Day. For them it remains Invasion Day. I think a better view is the view of Noel Pearson, who has said that Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country’s British Heritage.”

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“My commitment to the forgotten families of Australia is to ease your cost of living pressure”

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“Middle income families with children are Australia’s new poor”

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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 in favour of the notion of Australia as an immigrant society”

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“In Australia’s biggest cities, public transport is generally slow, expensive, not especially reliable and still hideous drain on the public purse. Part of the problem is inefficient, overmanned, union-dominated government run train and bus systems. Mostly though, …there just aren’t enough people wanting to go from a particular place to a particular destination at a particular time to justify any vehicle larger than a car, and cars need roads.”

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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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“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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“Well, Michael, we will be telling the people of Australia in good time before the next election exactly what they can expect from us. No surprises, no excuses. They will be our watch words going into the election and afterwards, should we form a government.”

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“The last thing Australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty.”

Needs Lasts Right Now Uncertainty Australia Instability

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“Coal is good for humanity, coal is good for prosperity, coal is an essential part of our economic future, here in Australia, and right around the world.”

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About the Author

Born: November 4, 1957
Known for: Prime Minister of Australia
Quotes: 192

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