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
jobs people today
Like the Governor-General, when asked what you enjoy most about the job my tendency is to say "today", because of the insights you get into our nation and because of the privileged contact you have with so many people.
jobs government looks
Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.
climate climate-change knows
I am, as you know, hugely unconvinced by the so-called settled science on climate change.
country australia people
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
character opportunity presence-of-mind
I'm confident that there are plenty of people who have the strength of character and the presence of mind to warn me of difficulties and alert me to opportunities.
argument politician scientist
I'm a politician. I'm not going to get into a whole range of scientific argument with scientists
people kevin smugglers
I am not being negative, I am simply being factual when I say Kevin Rudd is the best friend the people smugglers have ever had
people trying treats
I try to treat people as people and not put them in pigeonholes
party office lucky
Every prime minister has a whole series of networks, and there are official formal networks and there are unofficial informal networks. I'm lucky in that I have good official formal networks, starting with my own office, the leadership group, the cabinet and the party room.
government today excuse
Today, we have got more excuses from the government.
running
I'm not running for canonisation.
country fundamentals want
There is one fundamental message that we want to go out from this place to every nook and cranny of our country: There should be no new tax collection without an election.
smart government people
The smart way to improve broadband is not to junk the existing network but to make the most of it. It’s to let a competitive market deliver the speeds that people need at an affordable price with government improving infrastructure in the areas where market competition won’t deliver it.
america trying illegal
You try turning up in America without documents, without a visa, without a passport; you'll be treated as very, very much illegal.