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
hurt body contact
A bit of body contact never hurt anyone.
law relaxation cloning
I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning
party factions liberal-party
There are no factions in the Liberal Party
school thinking government
I think that the best things that governments can do for productivity is not whack on new taxes and, if we can get institutions like schools and hospitals functioning better, well that's obviously good for the overall productiveness of our society
australia favour notion
I am in favour of the notion of Australia as an immigrant society
strong good-friend thinking
I want to be a very good friend to Indonesia, but there are some things which are non-negotiable. Border protection is just non-negotiable. Maintaining a strong security network is just non-negotiable. I think the Indonesians understand that.
government legislation accounts
Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account
religious thinking conviction
I don't think my religious convictions should be held against me
running government cities
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
village welfare bigger
Now if you are condemned to life on welfare, I'm not so sure that being in a bigger welfare village is that much better than being in a smaller welfare village
country countries-of-the-world important
In respect of Indonesia, I am determined to be the best possible friend of Indonesia that I can be, consistent with my overriding duty to protect our country. We would never do anything that was damaging to Indonesia, because we want Indonesia to flourish. We want Indonesia to take its rightful place as one of the really important countries of the world, as it will, sooner or later.
thinking principles good-things
I think anything which improves services is in principle a good thing.
school thinking reform
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
thinking australia listening
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.