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“Like the Governor-General, when asked what you enjoy most about the job my tendency is to say "today", because of the insights you get into our nation and because of the privileged contact you have with so many people.”

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

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I don't bring religion into the square.

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