“Jesus knew that there was a place for everything and it’s not necessarily everyone’s place to come to Australia.”

—  Tony Abbott

Panel discussion, "Tony Abbott on Q and A" http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s2859473.htm on abc.net.au, April 5, 2010.
2010

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