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Tony Abbott voluntarily bites into a raw onion during a visit to a Tasmanian farm, doesn’t cry

FOOTAGE from Hobart proves Tony Abbott can swallow anything — insults, bad poll results and now a raw, brown onion.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott during a visit to Charlton Farm Produce on Friday did something nobody expected. Picture: Chris Kidd
Prime Minister Tony Abbott during a visit to Charlton Farm Produce on Friday did something nobody expected. Picture: Chris Kidd

KEVIN Rudd ate his ear wax. So Tony Abbott eating a raw onion isn’t that bad. But it’s still fodder for creative Australians to take and run with.

The Prime Minister tucked into a raw brown onion, skin and all, in front of a clearly puzzled pack of journalists and workers at Charlton Farm Produce in Tasmania on Friday.

No tears. Zero tears. It was a bizarre show of strength. The PM can swallow anything, apparently: bad poll results, insults across the chamber, whole brown onions.

Charlton Farm Produce Director David Addison and Prime Minister Tony Abbott sampling raw onions. Picture: Chris Kidd
Charlton Farm Produce Director David Addison and Prime Minister Tony Abbott sampling raw onions. Picture: Chris Kidd

Farm owner David Addison told The Mercury that Mr Abbott bit into the onion without prompting.

“It was just spontaneous and there weren’t even any tears,” he said.

“I may have said ‘It’s a shame they weren’t peeled’ and he just started eating it.”

Here it is:

Naturally, the internet had a field day with the Prime Minister’s day in the fields. We give you: #Oniongate

The PM was in Tasmania to confirm a $200 million boost to the state’s freight equalisation scheme.

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