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Tony Abbott says 'toxic egos' are to blame for parliamentary turmoil. Picture: Sky News

Tony Abbott blames ‘toxic egos’

FORMER prime minister Tony Abbott has offered an interesting explanation for the crisis the Turnbull Government finds itself in.

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‘There’s pornography on the wall’

THREE men have been filmed painting over some controversial street art in Sydney, saying it was “pornography”.

Tony Abbott speaking/reading a poem at the remembrance day service at the Mosman Sub Branch. Saturday, November 11 2017. (AAP Image/ Ryan Osland)

Abbott reveals which way he’ll vote

THE FORMER Prime Minister’s sister says she expects him to follow through on a pledge to abstain in the Federal same-sex marriage vote.

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Australia's captain Mile Jedinak poses for a photograph during an event to celebrate the teams qualification for the 2018 football World Cup, in Sydney on November 16, 2017. Australia reached their fourth-straight World Cup after defeating Honduras in a 3-1 aggregate playoff victory in the qualifiers, with Mile Jedinak scoring a hat-trick. / AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN / IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE

Everyone now knows who Mile is

MILE Jedinak was mistakenly referred to as “Mike” by then Prime Minister Tony Abbott before the 2014 World Cup, but there was no mistaking his name following his Socceroos heroics.

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Street artrist Scottie Marsh's defanced mural in wake of SSM vote

Mural of Abbott in wedding dress defaced

A MURAL aimed squarely at same-sex marriage opponents Tony Abbott and George Pell was defaced just hours after it was completed.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 15: Mile Jedinak of Australia celebrates scoring a goal with team mates during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Leg 2 match between the Australian Socceroos and Honduras at ANZ Stadium on November 15, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brett Hemmings/Getty Images)

‘A God amongst men’ Nation in awe of Jedinak

FEAR the beard was the pre-match warning to Honduras and it was sound advice. Jedinak fever has exploded after the Socceroos secured a World Cup berth.

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Former prime minister Tony Abbott during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, September 12, 2017. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Two words could have avoided this chaos

THERE’S one reason the citizenship fiasco would’ve played out differently under Tony Abbott, and it has nothing to do with the former PM.

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How Frances became toned Abbott

THE daughter of ex-PM Tony Abbott is “reverse dieting” after her first bodybuilding comp. We asked her everything about her strict lifestyle.

Attorney General Senator George Brandis speaking at the Coalition Parliamentarians for ÔYesÕ launch event at Parliament House with Members and Senators at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Brandis’ brutal attack on Abbott

GEORGE Brandis has delivered a stinging smackdown of Tony Abbott after his controversial speech on climate change.

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Wind turbines are seen at Vamcruz Windfarm, developed by three energy companies including French renewable energy power plants operator Voltalia Group, on June 29, 2016, in Serra do Mel, Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil. Vamcruz Windfarm Complex was inaugurated with 31 wind turbines, which have the potential to supply 200,000 families with energy. / AFP PHOTO / YASUYOSHI CHIBA

Why Aussie power bills are soaring

TONY Abbott has fired a warning shot to the PM over energy policy as a damning new report revealed tactics power companies use to charge customers more.

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Peta Credlin on Sky News. Picture: Sky News

Credlin: ‘You’re all p*** and wind’

TONY Abbott’s ex-chief-of-staff Peta Credlin left a news panel stony-faced and off to the break in a brutal on-air blow-up.

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Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott addresses the media outside the Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart, Tasmania, Friday, September 22, 2017. Mr Abbott says he was assaulted by a same-sex marriage campaigner in Hobart on Thursday evening. (AAP Image/Jim Rice). NO ARCHIVING

Proof Abbott has jumped the shark

THE former PM’s latest claim is a sign we are into the politics of insanity, where it’s cool to be crazy, crazy to be sane and reality is what you want it to be.

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FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2014, file photo, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks during a press conference, in Sydney. Australiaâ€™s prime minister Friday urged restraint in the same-sex marriage debate after Abbott said he was head-butted by a gay rights advocate while walking in a city street. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Abbott claims climate change is good

TONY Abbott’s controversial comments savaging the global warming ‘thought police’ have found some traction within the Liberal Party.

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FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2014, file photo, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks during a press conference, in Sydney. Australiaâ€™s prime minister Friday urged restraint in the same-sex marriage debate after Abbott said he was head-butted by a gay rights advocate while walking in a city street. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

RUSH HOUR: Global warming probably ‘good’

TONY Abbott has given a speech in London, saying climate change police is akin to primitive people who “once killed goats to appease the volcano gods”.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop holding a press conference regarding North Korea at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Bishop: ‘It was pretty lonely’

FOREIGN Minister Julie Bishop has revealed how she battled sexism and was left feeling isolated as the only woman in Tony Abbott’s first cabinet.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, September 4, 2017. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Hayes disses Abbott as poll emerges

SAVAGE Garden’s Darren Hayes has revealed how he how he really feels about Tony Abbott, as a new poll shows how Australia has voted in the SSM survey so far.

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FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2014, file photo, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks during a press conference, in Sydney. Australiaâ€™s prime minister Friday urged restraint in the same-sex marriage debate after Abbott said he was head-butted by a gay rights advocate while walking in a city street. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Gay marriage debate costs Abbott a friend

AFTER failing to have Macklemore banned from the NRL grand final, Tony Abbott has also lost a close mate over his opposition to same-sex marriage.

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Cory Bernardi speaking at the Coalition for Marriage's,

Bernardi launches No vote robo-call

CORY Bernardi has defended setting up a ‘Vote No’ robo-call as Tony Abbott’s daughter publicly backed a gay marriage song being played at the NRL final.

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Australian Army soldiers from 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment participate in an amphibious assault on Langhams Beach in northern Queensland during Exercise Talisman Saber 17. *** Local Caption *** The land battle phase of Exercise Talisman Saber 2017 was launched on Thursday, 13 July 2017, with the largest amphibious landing Australian troops had been involved in since the Second World War, with troops transported ashore from an Amphibious Readiness Element including HMAS Canberra, HMAS Choules and HMNZS Canterbury. Airborne soldiers from the United States, Canada and Australia also parachuted into the Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Central Queensland from six Royal Australian Air Force and United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft that had started their journey in Alaska. The amphibious landing was the first operation of the land battle phase of Exercise Talisman Saber 2017, which included ten days of warfare training at sea, in the air and in the field, by more than 33,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines from Australia, the United States, New Zealand, Canada and Japan, operating in thirty-six warships, more than two-hundred military aircraft and in the field. The Talisman Saber series of exercises is the principal Australian and United States Military Training activity focused on the planning and conduct of mid-intensity ‘high end’ war fighting. It is the largest combined, joint military exercise undertaken by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and provides invaluable experience to ADF personnel to improve combat training, readiness and interoperability, exposing participants to a wide spectrum of military capabilities and training experiences. Exercise Talisman Saber was being conducted for the seventh time in 2017 and involves more than 30,000 US and Australian participants operating in the maritime, land and air environments.

Abbott wants to use Army to force mining

TONY Abbott has suggested Canberra should use the Army as a means to control Australia’s resources, and force states to increase gas exploration and supply.

Tony Abbott praised a large group of young No voters at an event in Brisbane on Wednesday night. Picture: Our Voice. Our Vote./Facebook

No voters ‘fighting for our country’

TONY Abbott has joined a meeting of dozens of young marriage reform opponents in Brisbane, and treated them like absolute heroes.

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Frances Abbott has endorsed the marriage equality campaign in a new video. Picture: Australian Marriage Equality/Supplied

Frances Abbott appears in Yes ad

TONY Abbott’s daughter has opened up about her “Aunty Chris” and the divisions in her own family about the legalisation of same-sex marriage.

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Frances Abbott makes her bodybuilding debut. Picture: notanotherfitnessblogger

Frances Abbott stuns in bikini

THE former PM’s daughter is carving out a career of her own, showing off her incredibly toned body as she makes her debut in the world of bodybuilding.

Astro Labe, 38, of North Hobart, is accused of assaulting former Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Picture: SAM ROSEWARNE

Abbott attacker: ‘Why I headbutted him’

A TATTOOED and spiky-haired DJ called Astro Labe has admitted attacking Tony Abbott and giving him a “fat lip” while wearing a same-sex marriage sticker.

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Astro Labe, 38, of North Hobart, is accused of assaulting former Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Picture: SAM ROSEWARNE

‘Why I headbutted former PM’

THE man who allegedly headbutted Tony Abbott has broken his silence. The 38-year-old North Hobart man didn’t hold back.

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Text clanger comes full circle for Sky journo

THE SKY News presenter called a “mad f—ing witch” in a misfired text by Peter Dutton has been left red-faced after doing the same thing to Tony Abbott’s media adviser.

Astro Labe, 38, of North Hobart, is accused of assaulting former Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Picture: SAM ROSEWARNE

Abbott’s ‘headbutt attacker’ speaks

THE man who allegedly assaulted Tony Abbott has explained his motivation for the act, saying it had “nothing to do with” same-sex marriage and the former PM “got off lightly”.

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Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks to media outside the Henry Jones Hotel on Hobart's waterfront to discuss the alleged assault on him by a stranger yesterday Picture: LUKE BOWDEN

Police catch man who ‘headbutted Abbott’

POLICE have caught the spiky-haired man who allegedly attacked former PM Tony Abbott. Police have charged the man who Abbott claims headbutted him after asking to shake his hand.

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Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks to media outside the Henry Jones Hotel on Hobart's waterfront to discuss the alleged assault on him by a stranger yesterday Picture: LUKE BOWDEN

ABC staffer applauds alleged assault on Abbott

AN ABC staff member has applauded the alleged assault on former Prime Minister Tony Abbott by a same-sex activist.

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH- Oppostiton leader Tony Abbott pictured with his sister Christine Forster at The Botanical Gardens in Sydney.

Yes or no … Australians get it, right

Rational and sensible people given the same consideration to the same-sex marriage debate have arrived at opposite conclusions. This split is most notably personified in former prime minister Tony Abbott and Sydney city councillor Christine Forster.

(L-R) Eric Hutchinson MP, Charlton Farm Produce Director David Addison look on as Prime Minister Tony Abbott samples an onion during a visit to Charlton Farm Produce at Moriarty

Tony Abbott ate another raw onion

JUST last week the former prime minister admitted he regretted biting into a raw onion while in the role. And yet, here we are again.

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