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We just can't stop people from being homeless if that's their choice.

~Tony Abbott

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I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above all else, observe the first maxim of good government: namely, do no avoidable harm.

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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 see myself as a social conservative, but I think that there are lots of social institutions that produce beneficial reforms, like public hospitals, for instance, and schools.

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The Australian public are very fair and they are always prepared to give the leader of a major political party a fair go.

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For small business people, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family.

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I instinctively try to protect people from filth.

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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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If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth.

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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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Biography

Nationality: Australian

Type: Politician

Born: November 4th, 1957

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