Tony Abbott, former prime minister of Australia, speaks in Budapest, Sept. 4, 2019. Photo: szilard koszticsak/Shutterstock. From a speech by former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (2013-15 ...

Tony Abbott loves to fail — and it keeps impacting politics. He’s had a shocker, frankly. An absolute mare. Charlie Lewis Jun 27, 2025 4 min read. Share. 0.

Australia’s prime minister publicly apologized for comparing the country’s opposition leader to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. On Thursday, Tony Abbott said in a parliament meeting ...

Tony Abbott helped craft trade deals as Australian prime minister, but he also stood accused of bigotry, climate change denial and eating raw onions whole. Accessibility statement Skip to main content ...

Tony Abbott places a cross at a grave of an Australian serviceman as he arrives to attend a D-Day commemoration ceremony in France, June 6. Leon Neal/EPA.

Tony Abbott’s second major public intervention this week prompted a radio interviewer to ask Malcolm Turnbull whether his leadership was under threat. Tony Abbott says he’ll stay around ...

In 2009 Abbott and his supporters rallied opinion against Turnbull on the grounds he was being dragged down a path of Kevin Rudd’s choosing. In the end, however, Abbott’s legacy may confirm ...

Just as with Kevin07, formerly Coalition-friendly independents gave life-long centre-right voters a way to break ranks without feeling like they were being disloyal. Zali Steggall is doing the same.