Tony Abbott: ‘I would have died happy’
TONY Abbott has given a strange insight into his attitude on the day he was dumped, and opened up about Peta Credlin.
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Royal visit a final slap for Tony Abbott
WELL, this could be awkward. Royal couple will be hosted by republican Turnbull instead of the man who’s knighthood of Charles’s dad helped get him the sack.
Turnbull takes out the Abbott-era trash
THOUGHT Malcolm Turnbull wasn’t for turning on many unpopular Abbott-era policies? You might be wrong, with uni fee deregulation the first casualty.
Rosie Batty takes swipe at Tony Abbott
ROSIE Batty has spoken out at the inquest into her son Luke’s violent murder saying we now, “for the first time, have federal government in a leadership role”.
Is Tony Abbott trying to pick a fight?
FORMER colleagues give dumped PM a wide berth, despite bitter tell-all interview.
Has Turnbull seen the light?
THE winds of change are blowing. Our new PM is breathing new life into an industry that used to drive Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey mad.
‘Badly misled’: Tony Abbott lashes out
DUMPED prime minister Tony Abbott has called the new Treasurer a liar, as Malcolm Turnbull savours a big bounce over Labor in the polls.
Turnbull’s secret dinner pays off
IT WAS a ritzy meal at the Wild Duck that had everyone wondering: is Turnbull a complete goose? A year later, who’s laughing now?
Credlin spared one final indignity
WELL, this is embarrassing. As Peta Credlin’s career hangs in the balance, a women’s magazine has jumped the gun.
Julie Bishop’s tears: I did what I had to do
JULIE Bishop struggled to maintain her composure on live TV this morning as she defended her controversial decision to turn on Tony Abbott.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
Invasion off the cards in IS hunt: PM
TONY Abbott says any Australian attack on Islamic State would have limits.
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.
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.
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.
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.
PM gets some very bad news
GET ready to eat a lot of free sausages. If the PM gets his way, we’ll be heading to the polls every year for the next three — assuming he survives that long.
Tony Abbott’s biggest problem
IT’S what many Australians are now thinking. Trouble is, the clock is ticking for Tony Abbott to convince us otherwise.
Abbott’s sister: ‘It’s not the right result’
IF anyone has the right to feel ‘dudded’ today, it’s Tony Abbott’s gay sister Christine Forster. And she’s told him so on national TV.
Captain Disaster: PM cops it from his own side
TONY ABBOTT says Bronwyn Bishop’s career is over as senior Liberals turn on him over his horror run of “captain’s picks”.
‘Calm down’: Turnbull risks PM’s wrath
TONY Abbott has spent months telling us to be afraid of the Islamic State threat. Last night, Malcolm Turnbull had a very different message.
Marriage plot that backfired big time
STANDING up to your boss is always a gamble, but when your boss is Tony Abbott, things can go horribly, horribly wrong.
Howard’s method just doesn’t cut it
IT was a stroke of brilliance. John Howard told us to be ‘alert but not alarmed’. A decade on, Tony Abbott wants us to be scared witless. Here’s why things have changed.
Security crackdown: ABC email leaked
AN EMAIL sent to ABC staff reveals the broadcaster has ramped up security at its Sydney headquarters in response to threats over Zaky Mallah’s appearance on Q&A.
What happens when you give misfits power
THE cross bench in the Senate has realised its power and is starting to demand some ‘interesting’ things. The problem for Australians is the Government is listening.
Barrister’s scathing attack on Abbott
ONE of the country’s top legal minds demands Prime Minister apologise to him as citizenship debate gets ‘absurd’.
‘Do something’: Julie’s big swipe
IF you thought relations between Australia and Indonesia couldn’t get worse, you were wrong — just ask Julie Bishop.
Islamic State’s message for us: ‘Submit or die’
PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has delivered a dire warning about the Islamic State’s terrifying intentions for Australia.
Abbott’s daughter in property win
STRUGGLING to buy a house? Tony Abbott says if his daughter can get on the property ladder, then so can you. This is how she managed it.
Gay marriage ‘legal by end of the year’
TONY Abbott’s gay sister believes she’ll be able to marry soon, as a Liberal MP whose mind was changed by a ‘good-looking sheila’ hatches a radical plan.
‘Nope, nope, nope’: PM’s callous remark
WHEN asked whether he would step in to help stop an unfolding humanitarian crisis on our doorstep, Tony Abbott’s answer was unequivocal.
Abbott and Bishop’s Bali 9 revenge
ANGER and resentment is growing in Australia following the executions of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. But what are Tony Abbott and Julie Bishop planning next?
‘Morbid joke’: Abbott attacked
FORGET Labor. Today, Tony Abbott is copping it from a very senior figure on his own side of politics. What’s behind the spat?
‘How come you say so many stupid things?’
ABC radio host was only saying what many were thinking when he skewered the Prime Minister with this withering question.
PM’s gaffe misses the point
A ‘LIFESTYLE choice’ is deciding to dress like a hipster – not to be Aboriginal in a remote community. But Tony Abbott is right to question whether taxpayers should still be picking up the tab.
Are you about to pay more for food?
IT’S a pointless waste of time and will force up the price of our groceries. That’s the blunt verdict on Tony Abbott’s latest proposal.
Here we go again: Lib Spill Mark II
TONY Abbott’s leadership is again under threat, with his apparent successor Malcolm Turnbull reportedly having the numbers to topple him.
Please, sack my wife
HERE’S the burning question for Peta Credlin’s powerful husband: why don’t you just ask Tony Abbott to sack her?
Have voters already switched off Abbott?
THE struggling PM has been accused of ‘pressing the terror button’ as a poll boost points to voters waiting for a Julie Bishop or Malcolm Turnbull to take over.
Abbott: does $30b float your boat?
TONY Abbott promises Adelaide at least $30 billion worth of work as he tries to untangle government’s submarine contracts mess.
‘I made a terrible mistake’
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has appeared on national TV to admit a “terrible failing” – or was it just a veiled swipe?
Soldiers slammed for MH17 ‘selfie’
A PICTURE of two Russian soldiers posing smugly with shrapnel-ravaged MH17 wreckage has surfaced ahead of the Ukrainian president’s Australian visit.
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