The smart way to improve broadband is not to junk the existing network but to make the most of it. Itโs 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 wonโt deliver it.
Tony AbbottMost of the people who are coming to Australia by boat have passed through several countries on the way, and if they simply wanted asylum they could have claimed that in any of the countries through which they'd passed.
Tony AbbottCoal is good for humanity, coal is good for prosperity, coal is an essential part of our economic future, here in Australia, and right around the world.
Tony AbbottI think all senior politicians tend to be rather more subtle then the commentators would have it. It is a natural tendency for human beings to try to classify. We all have this classification urge - so and so is such and such, that person is in that camp - but look, most sophisticated people defy stereotype.
Tony Abbott