Eric Abetz Quotes

#1. I don't believe that knifing and that sort of terminology is applicable to myself, but I try to the very best of my ability to be as honest as I can with my colleagues and with the electorate at large.

Eric Abetz

#2. I think most people would be surprised at the length of the day whilst you're campaigning and then the variety of things that you do and you're asked to do.

Eric Abetz

#3. Am I conservative? Yes, I am. I would have thought conservative is very much middle of the road, representative of the aspirational values of the Australian people. The extreme right has connotations with it that I would never seek to identify with.

Eric Abetz

#4. I think the issue of marriage is a vitally important issue on which I would campaign heavily.

Eric Abetz

#5. I might be a stalwart, but I'm not a kingmaker.

Eric Abetz

#6. Trying to be just a parliamentarian doing your duty and trying to keep family out and also the celebrity status out is rare and hopefully I have been able thus far to - been able to protect my wife and children.

Eric Abetz