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
party factions liberal-party
There are no factions in the Liberal Party
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.
party giving leader
The Australian public are very fair and they are always prepared to give the leader of a major political party a fair go.
party people political
Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow.
change party thinking
The Liberal Party has dealt with the spill motion and now this matter is behind us, we think that when you elect a government, when you elect a prime minister, you deserve to keep that government and that prime minister until you have a chance to change your mind.
party given estates
Prima facie, every estate, whether given by will or otherwise, is supposed to be beneficial to the party to whom it is so given.
party election increase
The only party which is going to increase taxes after the election is the Labor Party.
party communication government
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.
attitude last players prove year
We have a lot of experienced players back, ... Our attitude is that we want to go out and prove last year was a fluke. We are out to prove we are a lot better than 1-9.
absence best effective ensuring infected
The best way of ensuring that you don't get infected with something like this, in the absence of an effective vaccine, would be isolation,
people
Once people come to Australia, they join the team.
people truth
The truth is I try to take people as I find them.
almost cease period suspect travel
If there is a pandemic, international travel will almost cease I suspect for a significant period of time,
simple two australia
The measure in the budget in relation to parental leave pay is based on a simple proposition. Most women across Australia have access to one scheme funded by the taxpayer. Some women have access to two schemes and that's great.