Government Quotes by Tony Abbott

And the commitment that I've been giving to the Australian people is that there'll be no surprises and no excuses under a…

— Tony Abbott

The smart way to improve broadband is not to junk the existing network but to make the most of it. It’s to…

— Tony Abbott

This is a government which is proposing to put at risk our manufacturing industry, to penalise struggling families, to make a tough…

— Tony Abbott

What will most certainly happen is that there will be very clear and full communication between the government and independents and minor…

— Tony Abbott

Today, we have got more excuses from the government.

— Tony Abbott

We are a very like-minded group, the senior members of this government. The outliers are not very far away from the mainstream.

— Tony Abbott

So, my friends, in a week or so the Governor-General will swear in a new government.

— Tony Abbott

Well, Michael, we will be telling the people of Australia in good time before the next election exactly what they can expect…

— Tony Abbott

In Australia’s biggest cities, public transport is generally slow, expensive, not especially reliable and still hideous drain on the public purse. Part…

— Tony Abbott

I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste…

— Tony Abbott

Part of my role, I suppose, is to run government business in the House of Representatives, and try to ensure that people…

— Tony Abbott

Here we go again, a government which is making yet more excuses for yet more failure when it comes to getting our…

— Tony Abbott

We are going to be a government of no surprises and no excuses; a government which keeps its commitments and a government…

— Tony Abbott

The Liberal Party has dealt with the spill motion and now this matter is behind us, we think that when you elect…

— Tony Abbott

The media - and I'm not blaming them - obviously like to seize on the differences between people and, sure, there are…

— Tony Abbott

The quality of government, I suppose, is determined not by what happens, but by how you react to what happens.

— Tony Abbott

A government that says what it means, and means what it says.

— Tony Abbott

Taxes will always be lower under a Coalition government

— Tony Abbott

Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account

— Tony Abbott

Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.

— Tony Abbott

We will be a consultative, collegial government. No surprises, no excuses. That's what you'll get under the Coalition.

— Tony Abbott

A government that understands the limits of power as well as its potential.

— Tony Abbott

People who have put money aside on the basis of a certain set of rules shouldn't have that money raided just because…

— Tony Abbott

There will be no surprises and no excuses from a Coalition government, Barrie.

— Tony Abbott

The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.

— Tony Abbott