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The spill is on. Abbott vs Turnbull

Abbott vs Turnbull

BREAKING: Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed he will challenge Tony Abbott for the Liberal Party leadership.

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The spill is on. Abbott vs Turnbull

The spill is on. Abbott vs Turnbull

BREAKING: Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed he will challenge Tony Abbott for the Liberal Party leadership.

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Northern Territory

The spill is on. Abbott vs Turnbull

The spill is on. Abbott vs Turnbull

BREAKING: Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed he will challenge Tony Abbott for the Liberal Party leadership.

Prime minister Tony Abbott and Communications minister Malcolm Turnbull attend the UN International Women's Day Parliamentary breakfast at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, Mar. 03, 2015. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Abbott’s downfall: How it could happen

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott could go the way of Kevin Rudd, turfed out in his first term before voters get their chance. Here’s how it could play out.

PM Tony Abbott meeting with Community and Church Leaders about the resettlement of refugees from the Middle East at Parliament House in Canberra.

’We won’t just be taking Christians’

TONY Abbott today met church and community leaders as the Government reassured Muslims that Australia won’t select their refugee intake based on religious beliefs.

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TOPSHOTS Syrian children walk amid the dust during a sandstorm on September 7, 2015 at a refugee camp on the outskirts of the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek. AFP PHOTO / STR

Abbott distorts truth of Syria’s war

THE Prime Minister’s announcement that the country will take 12,000 Syrian refugees is welcomed, but solely blaming ISIS for their plight is ill-informed.

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People sit on the ground at a refugee camp in the southern Macedonian town of Gevgelija, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. Hundred of thousands migrants and refugees trying to reach the heart of Europe via Turkey, Greece, the Balkans and Hungary have faced dangers, difficulties and delays on every link of the journey. (AP Photo/Borce Popovski)

How the Syrian refugee intake will work

THE first of the 12,000 Syrian refugees will start arriving on our shores by Christmas. Here is how the $700m relocation of the refugees will work.

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Leigh Sales’ cutting question for Abbott

Leigh Sales’ cutting question for Abbott

TONY Abbott endured a testy interview with Leigh Sales last night. After she interrupted the PM several times, the 7:30 host’s final question cut to the bone.

PM Tony Abbott in Question Time in the House of Representatives Chamber Parliament House in Canberra.

‘Gripped by grief’: PM acts on refugees

TONY Abbott announces mass, one-off intake of desperate Syrian refugees as he vows to hit the IS ‘death cult’ hard with bombing plan.

Russian Antonov An-124 'Condor' transport aircraft carrying supplies and ammunition for mercenaries employed by 'Sandline International' landing at Tindal RAAF airbase in the Northern Territory after being refused permission to land in Papua New Guinea. png nt aeroplane plane /Aeroplanes

Russia ignores US plea over Syria

AS the PM prepares to announce air strikes in Syria, Russia increases the risk of the war-torn country becoming an international flashpoint.

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PM to help Syria despite Hanson’s claims

PM to help Syria despite Hanson’s claims

TONY Abbott told parliament the government will announce its response to the Syrian refugee crisis within 24 hours, as Pauline Hanson warned of a backlash.

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Business Travel

PM Tony Abbott holds a press conference in Canberra on Australia's response to the middle east refugee crisis.

Fresh confession embarrasses Tony Abbott

TONY Abbott spent all of last week denying them, but last night, a bureaucrat blew the lid on some explosive allegations.

Picture of Prime Minister Tony Abbott with his father,Richard, at Kirribilli House for Father's Day.

Abbott’s dad ‘the greatest influence on my life’

TONY Abbott has revealed his beloved Dad’s life advice that he still swears by, that it is better to be a “good man than a successful one.’’

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Federal Liberal MP for Berowra Philip Ruddock speaks at a press conference in Canberra, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. All three conducted national consultations on citizenship for the Federal Government. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Ruddock: ‘Australia can’t solve this’

PHILIP Ruddock said the Syria refugee crisis had reached a tipping point, where any increase in intake won’t help, after Tony Abbott said he was thankful for stopping the boats.

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Poll shock: What you really want

YEP, you’re concerned about the usual stuff like jobs and the economy. But this poll reveals a new issue which Aussies like you want solved. Now.

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Prime Minister Tony Abbott attends official opening of the Sarina Russo Job Access Ringwood Office. With Eric Abetz and Michael Sukkar. Picture:Carmelo Bazzano

Fresh claims Abbott policy will cost jobs

TONY Abbott faces more claims that his policies will surrender Australian jobs to low-wage foreign competitors.

Aerial shots of the landscape around the remote South Australian aboriginal communities of Amata and Pukatja in APY Lands.

‘There’s huge numbers of lives at stake’

SOME have labelled it a sin, others believe it is a crime. Most of us don’t even know there’s a war going on.

Treasurer Joe Hockey and Prime Minister Tony Abbott hold a joint press conference in the PM's courtyard at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: Ray Strange

PM stands by Islamic State ‘Nazi’ call

TONY Abbott said he stands by his rhetoric on Islamic State, after he compared the terror group to the Nazis of World War II.

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Australian Economy

Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, Sep. 1, 2015. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

PM denies ‘sack the Aussies’ job advice

A CRUISE line is standing by accusations it was advised to sack Australian staff because they were too expensive, despite denials from Tony Abbott.

Treasurer Joe Hockey and Prime Minister Tony Abbott hold a joint press conference in the PM's courtyard at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: Ray Strange

‘Sack Aussies, hire cheap foreigners’

TONY Abbott’s vow to protect Aussie jobs has been battered by company’s claim it was told by a government official to replace locals with cheap foreigners.

John Oliver’s Australian freakout

John Oliver’s Australian freakout

JOHN Oliver is in Australia, and he’s flummoxed. It’s all because of a famous video involving Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey arrives at the National Reform Summit business forum hosted by The Australian and The Financial Review newspapers, in Sydney, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

Abbott scraps bank deposit tax

DENYING reports that the Treasurer’s job is on the line, the Prime Minister has announced the axing of the $1.5 billion bank deposit tax.

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Prime Minister Tony Abbott arrives at RAAF Darwin aboard a blackhawk helicopter along with federal member for Solomon Natasha Griggs after undergoing a tour during military exercise Talisman Sabre in the Northern Territory.

Invasion off the cards in IS hunt: PM

TONY Abbott says any Australian attack on Islamic State would have limits.

Australian Economy

The Treasurer, Joe Hockey delivers a speech on the economic case for personal income tax cuts at the Westin hotel in Sydney this morning.

Stick to your day job, boss tells Hockey

TREASURER put back in his place by Tony Abbott after going way off script and accepting a part-time job on the side without telling him.

ABC apologises to Abbott for vulgar tweet

ABC apologises to Abbott for vulgar tweet

THE ABC has apologised to Prime Minister Tony Abbott for airing a lewd tweet featuring his name during last night’s broadcast.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott attends Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church in Harris Park.Prime Minister Tony Abbott reads the Fourth Reading

From bad to worse for Tony Abbott

X-RATED tweets on Q&A are the least of the PM’s problems this morning. If he wasn’t worried about his job before, he should be after reading these numbers.

(FILES)This August 5, 2015 file photo shows US President Barack Obama as he delivers remarks on the nuclear deal reached with Iran at American University in Washington, DC. President Obama will host a summit in New York next month of leaders of the international coalition fighting Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq, diplomats said. The summit on countering violent extremism on September 29, 2015 comes one year after Obama vowed to crush IS during his United Nations speech. Since then, the jihadists have captured territory in Syria and Iraq and gained a foothold in Libya, Yemen and elsewhere in the Middle East, with alliances as far afield as Nigeria's Boko Haram. AFP PHOTO/JIM WATSON

Obama’s tricky ask for Australia

THEY’RE arguably our most important ally but this request from the US has put Australia in an extremely difficult position. But can Tony Abbott say no?

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks at a Parliamentary Friends of AFL event at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

‘Nation that plans to ruin the world’

A LEADING economist has slammed Australia, saying our nation’s plans to increase coal mining is ‘bats***’ crazy’.

PM Tony Abbott in Question Time in the House of Representatives Chamber, Parliament House in Canberra.

Does Tony Abbott have a twin?

THE circumstantial evidence is overwhelming — and a little bit creepy. Tony Abbott and Dyson Heydon could be twins born a generation apart.

PM Tony Abbott in Question Time in the House of Representatives Chamber, Parliament House in Canberra. pic Kym Smith

Equation that could cost Abbott his job

TONY Abbott is refusing to condemn Dyson Heydon for many reasons, not least because the fate of the Royal Commissioner’s job is linked to his own.

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