Tony Burke

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[Wikipedia] Anthony Stephen Burke is an Australian politician serving as Minister for Home Affairs, Immigration and Citizenship, Cyber Security and the Arts. A member of the Labor Party, he has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives for Watson since 2004. He previously held cabinet positions i

Quotes by Tony Burke

No doubt, you've got a parliament now - I mean, Malcolm Turnbull says he'll work with the parliament he's got. He's got…

Tony Burke

Changed

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The truth is I was Labor's last immigration minister and you have a right to hear directly from me about what that…

Tony Burke

Choices

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The challenge we've got is that the Government does not have a working majority. They don't.

Tony Burke

Challenges

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Malcolm Turnbull, more than anyone, changes month to month on a range of issues.

Tony Burke

Issues

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The claim that the Government made that there were 21 measures in it is wrong. We said we wanted to wait till…

Tony Burke

Action

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There are serious budgetry issues that need to be worked through. Playing a game of lying about what's in the content of…

Tony Burke

Games

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We're going to prevent politics from abusing the parliament and going off playing politics around the country when they should be here…

Tony Burke

Country

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The Government in their own terms, for example, they banked the income for the backpackers' tax. But they had a process attached…

Tony Burke

Bills

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Malcolm Turnbull got a majority in the parliament that he is trying to ignore and lock his own members of parliament into…

Tony Burke

Knows

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With a close parliament, if the Government wants to get a good outcome for the nation, they can't play a game of…

Tony Burke

Games

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It's a bit much describing it as a moral challenge from a government that's tripled the deficit and added $100 billion to…

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Billions

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