article_snippet: It's the job of the taxpayer to provide reasonable services in a reasonable way, indeed to provide high quality services in a reasonable way,' Mr Abbott told ABC Radio in Kalgoorlie. '
article_snippet: What we can't do is endlessly subsidise lifestyle choices if endlessly subsidise lifestyle choices are not conducive to the kind of full participation in Australian society that everyone should have.'
article_snippet: an open letter for 'isolating' Indigenous Australians with his remark about the 'lifestyle choices' of remote communities was a response to the PM's remark that taxpayers shouldn't fund the 'lifestyle choices' of Australians living in remote communities .
article_snippet: So my open letter today is not about politics, or a commentary on what we as a country do right or wrong.
article_snippet: It's not about past decisions made, dollars spent or programs funded.
article_snippet: what must the world think of us?'