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Tony Abbott
Tony Abbott
Australian Politician
Born: Nov 4, 1957
Australia Good Life People Think You
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A tax cut to compensate for a tax increase is not a cut - it's a con. Tony Abbott
Increase Con Tax Tax Cut Tax Increase Cut Compensate
For small business people, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family. Tony Abbott
Time Family Business People Paperwork More Small Small Business Higher Sales Means Business People Less Profits
Once people come to Australia, they join the team. Tony Abbott
People Once Join Come Australia Team
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. Tony Abbott
Government Good You Trust Money Value First Taxpayer Live Else Above Observe Namely Within Understand Maxim Holds Should Means Avoid Waste Good Government Harm
We just can't stop people from being homeless if that's their choice. Tony Abbott
People Just Stop Being Choice Homeless
I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning. Tony Abbott
Law Relaxation Would See Cloning Any Human Want Human Cloning
I do enjoy exercise, not because I am an exercise junkie but because it's terrific stress release. Tony Abbott
Stress Enjoy Release Terrific Because Exercise Am
You try turning up in America without documents, without a visa, without a passport; you'll be treated as very, very much illegal. Tony Abbott
You Try Visa Documents Without Passport Up Very America Much Turning Illegal Treated
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. Tony Abbott
People Problem Fly Politicians Syndrome Out Aboriginal Indigenous Tend Know Call Around Issues Getting Scratch The Problem With Seagull Suffer
I think anything which improves services is in principle a good thing. Tony Abbott
Good Think Good Thing Principle Improves Anything Which Thing Services
It's very easy for Australians living in big cities to either romanticise or demonise the situation in Aboriginal places - to kind of look at things through the 'noble innocents' prism or through the 'chronically dysfunctional' prism, and I suspect that is so often the case. Tony Abbott
Big Situation Living Chronically Innocents Cities Kind Easy Aboriginal Case Through Noble Look Big Cities Prism Very Australians Suspect Often Either Dysfunctional Places Things
I'm a politician. I'm not going to get into a whole range of scientific argument with scientists. Tony Abbott
Argument Politician Range Scientific Scientists Get Going Whole
Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow. Tony Abbott
Work People Political Else Everyone Everyone Else Follow Announce Parties Doing Political Parties Expect Just
You cannot win an election without a fight. Tony Abbott
You Fight Win Election Without Cannot
The truth is I try to take people as I find them. Tony Abbott
Truth Truth Is People Try Find Take Them
I think that marriage is, dare I say it, between a man and a woman, hopefully for life and there are all sorts of other relationships which should be acknowledged and recognised, but I don't know that they can be recognised as marriage. Tony Abbott
Life Man Woman Marriage Think Other Relationships Say Recognised Dare Hopefully Between Know Sort Acknowledged Which Should
My commitment to the forgotten families of Australia is to ease your cost of living pressure. Tony Abbott
Commitment Pressure Living Ease Cost Australia Families Forgotten Your
I'm not saying that people on welfare don't contribute in their own way, but as many as possible should be encouraged to be economically active as well as socially and culturally active. Tony Abbott
Saying People Welfare Own Active Way Possible Economically Well Encouraged Contribute Should Many Socially
I instinctively try to protect people from filth. Tony Abbott
People Try Filth Instinctively Protect
I try to treat people as people and not put them in pigeonholes. Tony Abbott
People Treat Try Put Them
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. Tony Abbott
People Way Several Claimed Asylum Could Through Simply Countries Most Passed Coming Australia Any Wanted Which Boat Who
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. Tony Abbott
People Think Channels Back Back Door Outcome Through Come Go Australia Front Front Door Want Door Migration Should
If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth. Tony Abbott
Boost Economic Economic Growth Improve Productivity Growth
If I was in a refugee camp somewhere on the Pakistani border, of course I'd want to come to Australia. Tony Abbott
Somewhere Border Come Course Camp Australia Refugee Want Pakistani
I'm not running for canonisation. Tony Abbott
Running
What I would like to see is sufficiently good education and health services being delivered to Aboriginal people so that they are prepared and ready to leave and join the economic mainstream if that's their choice. Tony Abbott
Education Health Good People Would See Aboriginal Economic Join Delivered Mainstream Like Health Services Ready Leave Being Choice Prepared Good Education Sufficiently Services
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