The media – and I’m not blaming them – obviously like to seize on the differences between people and, sure, there are some senior members of the government who are in a slightly different philosophical space to mine. But do not underestimate the substantial single-mindedness of this government.

— Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott Quotes

While I think men and women are equal, they are also different and I think it’s inevitable and I don’t think it’s a bad thing at all that we always have, say, more women doing things like physiotherapy and an enormous number of women simply doing housework.

— Tony Abbott

We are looking at what more we can do. As well as a strong security response we need a strong humanitarian one.

— Tony Abbott

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Well, I’m not saying that an emissions tax is ever going to be good policy.

— Tony Abbott

This is a government which is proposing to put at risk our manufacturing industry, to penalise struggling families, to make a tough situation worse for millions of households right around Australia. And for what? To make not a scrap of difference to the environment any time in the next 1000 years.

— Tony Abbott

Whether carbon dioxide is quite the environmental villain that some people make it out to be is not yet proven.

— Tony Abbott

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.

— Tony Abbott

Do we really want to invest $50 billion of hard earned taxpayers money in what is essentially a video entertainment system?

— Tony Abbott

Voluntary paid maternity leave: yes; compulsory paid maternity leave: over this Government’s dead body, frankly. It just won’t happen.

— Tony Abbott

The role of CO2 is not nearly as clear as the climate catastrophists would suggest.

— Tony Abbott

We’ve got to get the system right. That’s why we’ve got this root-and-branch reform under way.

— Tony Abbott

The sky is where mathematics and magic become one.

— Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott’s books are so amazing!

— Tony Abbott

If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth.

— Tony Abbott

Australia would play its role in taking displaced people from the Syrian conflict.

— Tony Abbott

We can’t conclusively say whether man-made carbon dioxide emissions are contributing to climate change.

— Tony Abbott

Another big problem with any Australian emissions reduction scheme is that it would not make a material difference to atmospheric carbon concentrations unless the big international polluters had similar schemes.

— Tony Abbott

A government that says what it means, and means what it says.

— Tony Abbott

Our police, our hard-working police, that our extraordinarily committed and dedicated military personnel, I’m really pleased that they are getting a good paid parental leave scheme.

— Tony Abbott

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.

— Tony Abbott

Labor has come out with a series of proposals to increase taxes, including taxes on people across Australia saving for their retirement, he has actually identified so far zero dollars in spending reductions.

— Tony Abbott

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