It is important that there be a humanitarian response, but it's important that there be a strong security response as well. Prime Minister Tony Abbott More Quotes by Prime Minister Tony Abbott More Quotes From Prime Minister Tony Abbott We are disposed to take more people from this troubled region, we are open to providing more financial assistance to the UNHCR. Prime Minister Tony Abbott world We have stopped at the airport, seven young Australians who were planning to travel to the Middle East it seems to join terrorist groups over there. Prime Minister Tony Abbott world Yes, you can't convict the kids on the basis of the crimes of the parents but nevertheless, they will be dealt with in exactly the same way as the families of criminals are normally dealt with, these aren't the first Australians who have committed very serious crimes overseas, who have families. They will be dealt with in the normal way. Prime Minister Tony Abbott world I'm afraid you don't get off scot-free just because you say, 'I've seen the error of my ways,' if you commit serious crimes, you should face serious punishment, and as far as I'm concerned, that will always be the case. Prime Minister Tony Abbott world If criminals come within the reach of our law, whether they’re male or female, they will face the full severity of our law, ... There are criminals who go to jail all the time and they have children, and the children of these particular criminals will be dealt with in the same way that the children of criminals are normally dealt with. Prime Minister Tony Abbott world The only way you can stop the deaths is to stop the people smuggling trade, the only way you can stop the deaths is in fact to stop the boats. Prime Minister Tony Abbott top-news It's a sign that decent people in Indonesia appreciate the anger that Australians feel at these cruel and unnecessary deaths and it's a sign that in time the good and strong friendship between Australia and Indonesia can be resumed. Prime Minister Tony Abbott world It is absolutely critical that the people of Australia appreciate that the death cult is reaching out to vulnerable and impressionable young people, the death cult is reaching out, seeking effectively to brainwash people online. Prime Minister Tony Abbott world What's proposed by China and now joined by many other countries could serve a very useful purpose because we have a massive infrastructure deficit in this country and in our region, a new multilateral bank to fund infrastructure, particularly in our region, could play a really important part for good in the years and decades to come. Prime Minister Tony Abbott world We abhor drug crime, but we abhor the death penalty. We think that these two Australians deserve to be punished, but they certainly don't deserve to be executed. Prime Minister Tony Abbott world The terrorist threat is rising, at home and abroad, and is becoming harder to combat, today's terrorism requires little more than a camera phone, a knife and a victim. Prime Minister Tony Abbott world The last Australian submarine came off the production line in about 2001. As I understand it the last Swedish submarine came off the production line in about 1996, so it's almost two decades since Sweden built a submarine, we are working with the three countries that have continuous, relevant submarine experience. Prime Minister Tony Abbott world I would say to the Indonesian people and the Indonesian Government: We in Australia are always there to help you, and we hope that you might reciprocate, i don't want to prejudice the best possible relations with a very important friend and neighbor. But I've got to say that we can't just ignore this kind of thing. Prime Minister Tony Abbott world ... Kneeling before the death cult flag with a knife in his hand and a machete before him one of those arrested said this: 'I swear to almighty Allah, we will carry out the first implementation for the soldiers of the caliphate in Australia', he went on to say ... 'I swear to almighty Allah, blond people, there is no room for blame between you and us. We only are ... stabbing the kidneys and striking the necks’. Prime Minister Tony Abbott world As we have seen again and again in recent times, the death cult is reaching out all around the world, including here in Australia, there are people in this country who are susceptible to these indictments to extremism and even terrorism. Prime Minister Tony Abbott world Even if this individual had been monitored 24 hours a day, it's quite likely, certainly possible, that this incident could have taken place. Prime Minister Tony Abbott top-news There was nothing consistent about this individual except that he was consistently weird. Prime Minister Tony Abbott world He had a long history of violent crime, infatuation with extremism and mental instability, as the siege unfolded yesterday, he sought to cloak his actions with the symbolism of the (Islamic State) death cult. Tragically, there are people in our community ready to engage in politically motivated violence. Prime Minister Tony Abbott world What we do have is intelligence that there are people with the intent and capability to mount attacks. Prime Minister Tony Abbott top-news
