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Anthony John Abbott, dit Tony Abbott, né le 4 novembre 1957 à Londres, est un homme d'État australien, membre du Parti libéral. Il a été Premier ministre du 18 septembre 2013 au 15 septembre 2015.

Ministre de l'Emploi et de la Santé , il était avant d'être Premier ministre, chef de l'opposition au Parlement d'Australie et chef du Parti libéral, en remplacement de Malcolm Turnbull, du 1er décembre 2009, au 14 septembre 2015. Devenu Premier ministre après les élections de 2013, il est en 2015 mis en minorité au sein du Parti libéral par Malcolm Turnbull qui récupère la direction du parti et devient ainsi Premier ministre.

✵ 4. novembre 1957
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“In politics, what's not reported might as well not have happened.”

Source: Leader of the Opposition (2009-2015), Battlelines book, (2013), p.13

“Only on the sports field are the British an alien tribe.”

Source: Leader of the Opposition (2009-2015), Battlelines book, (2013), p.8.

“Even the toughest politicians sometimes wonder whether political life is worth the personal cost.”

Source: Leader of the Opposition (2009-2015), Battlelines book, (2013), p. 4.

“For me, as for every leader of the Liberal Party, encouragement for the family, support for small business and respect for values and institutions that have stood the test of time are at the heart of my public life.”

Page vii of Tony Abbott's introduction to 2013 edition of his book Battlelines.
Leader of the Opposition (2009-2015), Battlelines book, (2013)

“The Jesuits had helped to instil in me this thought that our calling in life was to be, to use the phrase: 'a man for others.'”

Interview with Annabel Crabb, Kitchen Cabinet, ABC Television 4 September 2013.
Leader of the Opposition (2009-2015)

“Well, there is no doubt that (homosexuality) challenges, if you like, orthodox notions of the right order of things, but as I also said on the program, it happens, it's a fact of life and we have to treat people as we find them.”

Leigh Sales interview https://www.abc.net.au/lateline/abbott-defends-fair-parental-leave-plan/356710; on Lateline, ABC TV, 8 Mar 2010.
Leader of the Opposition (2009-2015)

“I probably feel a bit threatened, as so many people do... look, it is a fact of life and I try to treat people as people, and not put them in pigeonholes.”

Interview with Liz Hayes for 60 Minutes, when asked how he felt about homosexuality, quoted in Quoted in The Daily Telegraph https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/what-does-abbott-fear-they-might-do-to-him/news-story/ba3ffa814f3fe0be7b28e78cc536e2f7, 8 Mar, 2010.
Leader of the Opposition (2009-2015)

“I guess in the end I'm a bit like Bill Clinton on this matter, who said that he thought [abortion] should be safe, legal and rare. And I underline 'rare'.”

Stated in interview: "The Contender". 60 Minutes. ninemsn.com.au. 5 March 2010 http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1020354.
Leader of the Opposition (2009-2015)

“Governments which live in fear of tomorrow's headline are incapable of any change.”

First speech of Tony Abbott to Australian Parliament https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22chamber/hansardr/1994-05-31/0043%22, 1994.
First speech to Parliament

“I stand for active government, not big government. I stand for government which gets off people's backs, not government which opts out of the future because it cannot face hard decisions. I stand for government which backs Australia's families with real policies and not just platitudes.”

First speech of Tony Abbott to Australian Parliament https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:%22chamber/hansardr/1994-05-31/0043%22, 1994.
First speech to Parliament

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