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
people environmental villain
Whether carbon dioxide is quite the environmental villain that some people make it out to be is not yet proven.
issues people suffering
The problem with politicians getting to know the issues in indigenous townships is that we tend to suffer from what Aboriginal people call the 'seagull syndrome' - we fly in, scratch around and fly out.
senior jobs government
No senior politician can expect to have work-life balance. I'm afraid there are some jobs for which work-life balance inevitably goes out the window. If you want work-life balance you just have to accept that you can't be a senior member of a government, or for that matter a senior member of an opposition.
real believe people
The argument [behind climate change] is absolute crap. However, the politics of this are tough for us. Eighty per cent of people believe climate change is a real and present danger.
catholic littles uncomfortable
I feel a little uncomfortable at being asked the sorts of questions that other Catholics in public life tend not to be asked.
gay support close-friends
I have close family members as well as lots of close friends who are gay. Many of them strongly support gay marriage.
roots way reform
We've got to get the system right. That's why we've got this root-and-branch reform under way.
thinking political subjects
I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics.
government coalitions taxes
Taxes will always be lower under a Coalition government
country proud civilisation
Western civilisation came to this country in 1788 and I'm proud of that
two get-better important
There'll be some savings from preventing double dipping by public servants which are currently able to access not one but two fully tax payer funded schemes and of course there will be out paid parental leave levy. So all up not only is this an important economic reform, an important reform to have to grow our economy more strongly, it also will leave the budget better off which will help us fix the mess that Labor has created with the budget.
media umpires complaining
When politicians complain about the media, it strikes me as resembling footballers complaining about the umpire.
commitment australia cost-of-living
My commitment to the forgotten families of Australia is to ease your cost of living pressure
kids thinking wife
I think my wife and my kids are incredibly good to allow me to stay in public life given that they have to cop a whole lot of collateral attention that, being human, they'd rather not get