Tony Abbott
Tony Abbott
Anthony John "Tony" Abbottis an Australian politician who was the 28th Prime Minister of Australia, from 18 September 2013 to 15 September 2015. Abbott was leader of the Liberal Party of Australia from 2009 to 2015, and has been a member of parliament for Warringah since 1994...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth26 October 1952
CountryAustralia
thinking issues important
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.
thinking excuse ministers
I think it's time for the Prime Minister to stop making excuses and to start governing.
sex men thinking
I think there does need to be give and take on both sides, and this idea that sex is kind of a woman’s right to absolutely withhold, just as the idea that sex is a man’s right to demand I think they are both they both need to be moderated, so to speak
mother practice abortion
The problem with the Australian practice of abortion is that an objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother’s convenience.
thinking assessment self
I've always avoided those sorts of self-assessments because if you give yourself a 10 out of 10 people think you're a big head, if you give yourself a 6 out of 10 they think you're plagued with self-doubt, so I'm just not going to rate myself.
debate involving
I've always been very wary of debates involving women.
smart educated wells
No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.
australia lasts needs
The last thing Australia needs right now is instability and uncertainty.
military hard-work police
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.
people choices homeless
We just can’t stop people from being homeless if that’s their choice.
jesus australia
Jesus knew that there was a place for everything and it’s not necessarily everyone’s place to come to Australia.
sometimes accepting circumstances
We accept that sometimes in difficult circumstances, difficult things happen.
people truth
The truth is I try to take people as I find them.
real thinking racism
I think we've produced a stronger prohibition on real racism, while maintaining freedom of speech in ordinary public discussion. So I'm very comfortable with where we're at. We're not dogmatic or impervious to a further argument, that's why we released it as an exposure draft rather than simply releasing it straight into the parliament.