“There may not be a great job for [aboriginal people] but whatever there is, they just have to do it… And if it's picking up rubbish around the community, it just has to be done.”

—  Tony Abbott

Quoted in the Australian, "Aboriginal people must get jobs, says Opposition leader Tony Abbott" http://www.news.com.au/features/federal-election/aboriginal-people-must-get-jobs-says-opposition-leader-tony-abbott/story-fn5tas5k-1225886350430 June 30, 2010.
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