Quotes

Dole bludgers. The hundreds of thousands of lazy buggers who sponge off us.

[on Helen Reddy] She rubbed people the wrong way.

[on the Voice to Parliament] The details simply don't matter. They never did matter, honestly. They're irrelevant.

Tony Abbott probably understands more of the shameful reality of these Aboriginal communities than any PM in our history. He's been going out to towns and remote communities for years - often without cameras or fanfare.