There will be no surprises and no excuses from a Coalition government, Barrie. Tony Abbott More Quotes by Tony Abbott More Quotes From Tony Abbott Putting labels on people is so counter-productive. Most of us on some issues could be considered conservative, on other issues could be considered progressive, on other issues might be thought of as being moderate, on other issues might be thought of as being rather forthright. Tony Abbott issueslabelspeople I also think that if you want to put a price on carbon, why not just do it with a simple tax? Why not ask motorists to pay more, why not ask electricity consumers to pay more and then at the end of the year you can take your invoices to the tax office and get a rebate of the carbon tax you've paid Tony Abbott simpleyearsthinking What the housewives of Australia need to understand as they do the ironing is that if they get it done commercially it’s going to go up in price and their own power bills when they switch the iron on are going to go up. Tony Abbott ironaustralianeeds There may not be a great job for [Aboriginal people] but whatever there is, they just have to do it, and if it’s picking up rubbish around the community, it just has to be done. Tony Abbott communityjobspeople I am in favour of the notion of Australia as an immigrant society Tony Abbott favournotionaustralia No country or continent can open its borders to all comers without fundamentally weakening itself and this is the risk that the countries of Europe run through misguided altruism. Tony Abbott runningeuropecountry I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning. Tony Abbott cloninglawrelaxation 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. Tony Abbott governmentcitiesrunning We shouldn't be willy-nilly creating potential human life just to satisfy the urges of the scientific community. Tony Abbott human-lifecreatingcommunity Part of my role, I suppose, is to run government business in the House of Representatives, and try to ensure that people know exactly what's going on in the Chamber is an important part of that. Tony Abbott governmentrunningpeople The quality of government, I suppose, is determined not by what happens, but by how you react to what happens. Tony Abbott determinedqualitygovernment I just think that this whole issue of creating potential human life, not to give life, but to give the scientists a bit more of a leg-up, is fraught with danger. Tony Abbott creatingissuesthinking 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. Tony Abbott good-friendstrongthinking Even potential human life needs to be treated with great respect. Tony Abbott treatedhuman-lifeneeds I've always been very wary of debates involving women. Tony Abbott involvingdebate The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses. Tony Abbott excusegovernmentpeople Both Mum and Dad were converts to Catholicism, and normally if you convert to Catholicism you have thought about it more than someone who just grew up with it, taking it for granted. Tony Abbott granteddadgrew-up What will most certainly happen is that there will be very clear and full communication between the government and independents and minor parties. The precise mechanisms will evolve over time, but we certainly intend to keep the minor parties and the independents very much in the loop. We have to if we want our legislative agenda to have a reasonable chance of success and that's what we intend to do. Tony Abbott communicationpartygovernment I try to treat people as people and not put them in pigeonholes. Tony Abbott treatstryingpeople Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account. Tony Abbott accountslegislationgovernment
