“In politics, what's not reported might as well not have happened.”
Source: Leader of the Opposition (2009-2015), Battlelines book, (2013), p.13
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.
“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.
Source: Leader of the Opposition (2009-2015), Battlelines book, (2013), p. 6.
“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.
Page vii of Tony Abbott's introduction to 2013 edition of his book Battlelines.
Leader of the Opposition (2009-2015), Battlelines book, (2013)
Interview with Annabel Crabb, Kitchen Cabinet, ABC Television 4 September 2013.
Leader of the Opposition (2009-2015)
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)
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)
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
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