Chris Bowen quotes
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“The reality is we live in a world of scarce resources in this veil of tears, as Tony Abbott often describes the world, we have to be real, we have to accept that we can't spend as much money on everything as we would like and so we have chosen to re prioritise, to change spending.”
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“It was always intended, though, that where Australian workers could negotiate better benefits as well with their employer, that those benefits come in in addition to the existing paid parental leave scheme.”
-- Chris BowenSource : "Josh Frydenberg confirms wife used two parental leave schemes - politics live" by Katharine Murphy, www.theguardian.com. May 14, 2015.
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“We believe in the empowerment of women and we will not compromise in that goal.”
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“I respect every mother and I believe people are entitled to use whatever benefits, claims and entitlements, if you like, that are available to them”
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“Children don't get cheaper when they turn six.”
-- Chris BowenSource : Source: www.abc.net.au
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“Well there are tough decisions necessary in budgets. I agree there are tough decisions necessary to ensure the long-term health of the budget. What I don't accept and will never accept is that those decisions must be unfair as a matter of course.”
-- Chris BowenSource : Source: www.abc.net.au
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Source : "American Power and the New Mandarins". Book by Noam Chomsky, 1969.
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“I'd rather feel something for real than pretend it's not what it is.”
Source : A.S. King (2010). “Please Ignore Vera Dietz”, p.29, Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.
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Source : "Young Love, Complicated by Cancer" by A.O. Scott, www.nytimes.com. June 05, 2014.
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