Tony Abbott became Australia’s 28th Prime Minister after winning the federal election on September 7, 2013.
The election was Abbott’s second as leader of the Liberal Party. Elected in December 2009 when Kevin Rudd was prime minister, Abbott saw Rudd deposed by his deputy, Julia Gillard, in June 2010. At the federal election on August 21, 2010, the voters delivered a hung parliament. Julia Gillard retained government with the support of Greens and independents. Abbott faced Rudd in the 2013 election, after Gillard was deposed in June.
The Abbott government assumed office on September 18, 2013, following the decisive victory of the Liberal-Nationals Coalition. The Coalition won 17 seats off the ALP and two more from independents, although it lost one seat to Clive Palmer and another to an independent. The Abbott government has 90 seats in the House of Representatives and a majority of 29 on the floor.
The government’s ministry consisted of 19 members of Cabinet, 11 members of the Outer Ministry and 12 parliamentary secretaries.
Disquiet over Prime Minister Abbott’s leadership led to an attempt to bring on a Liberal Party leadership spill on February 9, 2015. The move was defeated by 61 votes to 39.
On September 14, 2015, the Communications Minister and former Liberal leader, Malcolm Turnbull, resigned from Abbott’s ministry and launched a challenge to Abbott’s leadership. Turnbull was elected leader later that night, defeating Abbott by 54 votes to 44. Turnbull was sworn in as prime minister the next day.
Abbott returned to the backbench and announced that he would decide his political future around Christmas 2015.
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- Apr 01, 2017: Who’s Left – The Surviving Members Of Every House Of Representatives Since 1949
- Aug 12, 2016: Tony Abbott Regrets Hyper-Partisanship In Speech To Samuel Griffith Society
- Aug 06, 2016: Summoning Parliament: Turnbull’s Timing And The Historical Experience
- Apr 16, 2016: Bronwyn Bishop Defeated In Liberal Party Mackellar Preselection; Jason Falinski Ends 29-Year Parliamentary Career
- Jan 29, 2016: Hockey Presents Credentials To Obama; Abbott Meets Kissinger
- Jan 24, 2016: Tony Abbott To Stand Again In Warringah
- Oct 21, 2015: Joe Hockey (Lib – North Sydney) – Valedictory Speech
- Sep 14, 2015: Malcolm Turnbull’s Press Conference Announcing His Challenge To Tony Abbott
- Jul 21, 2015: Don Randall, Liberal Member For Canning, Dies, 62
- Jun 18, 2015: White Paper On Developing Northern Australia Released
- Mar 07, 2015: In Aftermath Of Leadership Ballot, A Message From The Prime Minister
- Feb 16, 2015: Electoral Pocketbook – 2015
- Nov 15, 2014: Tony Abbott’s Remarks At G20 Leaders’ Retreat
- Oct 25, 2014: Abbott, Pragmatic Nationalist, Proposes Modest Reform Of Federation
- Oct 19, 2014: Widodo Inauguration: Abbott Stresses Jakarta Focus In Foreign Policy
- Oct 18, 2014: Cormann Says Shorten Is An Economic Girlie Man
- Oct 14, 2014: Government Announces Industry Innovation And Competitiveness Agenda
- Oct 13, 2014: Hockey Talks Of Economic Reform In Speech To London Institute
- Oct 13, 2014: We Shirtfront The Tsar; Abbott Says He Will Confront Putin Over MH17 At G20
- Oct 12, 2014: Pyne Releases Review Of National Curriculum
- Oct 12, 2014: Abbott On The Liberal Party’s 70th Anniversary
- Oct 10, 2014: COAG Discussions Focus On Terrorism, Federation And Taxation
- Oct 07, 2014: Government Widens Terms Of Reference For Trade Union Royal Commission; Criminal Conduct Probe, Reporting Date Extended
- Oct 03, 2014: Abbott Government Commits Defence Aircraft To Coalition Airstrikes Against ISIL In Iraq
- Sep 27, 2014: Julie Bishop And Bill Shorten Speak At AFL Grand Final Breakfast
- Sep 25, 2014: Tony Abbott’s Address To The United Nations General Assembly
- Sep 25, 2014: 2013-14 Budget Comes In With $48.5 Billion Deficit
- Sep 24, 2014: Truss And Shorten Address Parliament On Shooting Of Melbourne Teenager
- Sep 22, 2014: Tony Abbott Statement On National Security: “Balance Between Freedom And Security Will Have To Shift”
- Sep 21, 2014: G20 Finance Ministers And Central Bank Governors Meeting Concludes In Cairns
- Sep 19, 2014: Abbott Says Federal Police Now Handling External And Internal Security At Parliament House
- Sep 18, 2014: Islamic State Beheadings Plot Alleged Following Terrorist Raid Arrests In Sydney And Brisbane
- Sep 14, 2014: Combat Aircraft To Join Coalition Against ISIL; Advisers But No Combat Troops; Australia Responds To US Request
- Sep 13, 2014: Abbott: Keeping Our Country As Safe As Possible
- Sep 12, 2014: Terror Alert Raised To High; Abbott Says No Imminent Threats But People With Intent And Capability Are Here
- Sep 07, 2014: Abbott Government’s First Year Anniversary
- Sep 03, 2014: National Accounts For June Quarter Show Growth At 3.1%
- Sep 02, 2014: Hockey And Cormann Hail Mining Tax Repeal As Best Possible Deal In The National Interest
- Sep 02, 2014: Mining Tax Abolished As Government Deals With Palmer
- Sep 01, 2014: Ministerial Statement On Iraq: Abbott And Shorten Unite In House
- Sep 01, 2014: Federal Government Expands Sanctions Against Russia Over Ukraine Violations
- Sep 01, 2014: Royal Commission Says Home Insulation Program Was Poorly Planned And Poorly Implemented
- Aug 31, 2014: Abbott Announces Assistance For Military Airlift To Kurds; No Request Yet For Further Action
- Aug 30, 2014: Rebuilding Australia: Warren Truss Addresses Nationals Federal Council
- Aug 06, 2014: Christopher Pyne Addresses National Press Club On Higher Education Changes
- Aug 06, 2014: Attorney-General George Brandis Stumbles In Metadata Interview
- Aug 05, 2014: Abbott Kills 18C Repeal; New Counter-Terrorism Measures To Cost $630m Over Four Years
- Aug 05, 2014: Tony Abbott Moves Up A Notch
- Jul 27, 2014: Federal Police To Join Multinational Mission At Flight MH17 Crash Site
- Jul 26, 2014: Abbott Holds Sixth Press Conference In Six Days On Flight MH17
- Jul 25, 2014: Another 100 Federal Police Deployed For MH17 Recovery; We Just Want To Bring Home Our Dead, Says Abbott
- Jul 25, 2014: Morrison Announces Tamil Asylum Seekers Will Be Brought To Mainland For Processing
- Jul 24, 2014: Abbott Says 50 Australian Police Deployed For Operation Bring Them Home
- Jul 23, 2014: A Message From The Maslin-Norris Family
- Jul 23, 2014: Abbott Gives Update On Recovery And Repatriation Of MH17 Victims
- Jul 22, 2014: Julie Bishop Called It For Australia And The World, Says Abbott; Operation Bring Them Home Underway
- Jul 22, 2014: United Nations Security Council Adopts Australian-Led Resolution 2166 On Flight MH17
- Jul 21, 2014: MH17 Rescue Effort Shambolic, Says Abbott; Like Putting Criminals In Charge Of A Crime Scene
- Jul 19, 2014: Abbott Calls For Independent Investigation Of MH17; Foreign Minister Off To UN To Co-Ordinate Campaign
- Jul 18, 2014: Abbott Says The News Just Gets Worse On A Grim Day For Australia And The World
- Jul 18, 2014: Abbott And Shorten Address Parliament On Shooting Down Of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17
- Jul 17, 2014: Carbon Tax Abolished; Senate Crossbenchers Back Government
- Jul 15, 2014: Rupert Murdoch And Tony Abbott Speak At 50th Anniversary Celebration Of The Australian
- Jul 15, 2014: Abbott Government Does Deal With Palmer To Loosen Financial Advice Laws
- Jul 14, 2014: Carbon Tax Repeal Bills Pass House For Third Time With Palmer Amendments
- Jul 11, 2014: Abbott Says It’s Situation Normal: A Government Without A Senate Majority
- Jul 10, 2014: Carbon Tax Repeal Bill Defeated In Senate As Palmer Squabbles With Government Over Amendments
- Jul 08, 2014: Abbott Signs Free Trade Agreement With Japanese Prime Minister Abe
- Jul 08, 2014: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Addresses Australian Parliament
- Jul 07, 2014: Tasmanian Liberal Senator Stephen Parry Elected President Of The Senate
- Jul 07, 2014: Senators Sworn In; New Balance Of Power As 2013 Federal Election Finally Complete
- Jun 29, 2014: McClure Social Welfare Reform Report Calls For Simplified Payments System
- Jun 28, 2014: Liberal Party Releases New Anti-Shorten Advertisement
- Jun 28, 2014: Tony Abbott’s Speech To The Liberal Party Federal Council: “We Are The Party Of Menzies, Fraser And Howard”
- Jun 25, 2014: The Result Of Clive Palmer’s Al Gore Stunt: Carbon Tax Abolished, ETS Dead
- Jun 25, 2014: Greg Hunt Says Carbon Tax Set To Be Abolished But Government Will Negotiate With Palmer
- Jun 23, 2014: Julie Bishop Treads Carefully In Reaction To Jailing Of Australian Journalist Peter Greste
- Jun 23, 2014: Clive Palmer And Andrew Wilkie Vote Against Budget Bills
- Jun 23, 2014: Abbott Submits Carbon Tax Repeal Bills To House Of Representatives For Third Time
- Jun 18, 2014: Double Dissolution Trigger Created As Senate Rejects Bill For Second Time
- Jun 14, 2014: Tony Abbott Reflects On His Overseas Trip; About To Depart U.S.
- Jun 13, 2014: Tony Abbott Meets With Barack Obama At White House
- Jun 11, 2014: Joe Hockey Defends His Budget In Speech To The Sydney Institute
- Jun 10, 2014: Tony Abbott Visits New York Stock Exchange
- Jun 09, 2014: Tony Abbott In Canada
- Jun 01, 2014: Tony Abbott’s D-Day Message: Landings, Trade And Democracy
- May 29, 2014: Truss: Search Fails To Find Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370
- May 26, 2014: Scott Morrison Releases Robert Cornall Report Into Manus Island And Death Of Reza Berati
- May 21, 2014: Gloria’s Adult Sex Line, Tony Abbott’s Wink, And Politics At Its Most Trivial
- May 21, 2014: Treasurer Joe Hockey Responds To ACOSS Concerns About Federal Budget
- May 18, 2014: Premiers Rebel Over Federal Budget Cuts; Demand COAG Meeting Before July 1
- May 17, 2014: Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s Weekly Message: Reducing Labor’s Debt
- May 14, 2014: Budget Dominates Question Time; Repair Job Or Massive Deceit?
- May 14, 2014: In National Press Club Address, Hockey Says His Budget Changes The Country For The Better
- May 13, 2014: Infographic: The Federal Budget At A Glance
- May 13, 2014: Treasurer Joe Hockey’s 2014-15 Federal Budget Speech; The Abbott Government Arrives
- May 12, 2014: A Message From The Treasurer
- May 10, 2014: Kevin Andrews: The Days Of Easy Welfare For Young Australians Are Over
- May 09, 2014: Scott Morrison Announces Formation Of Australian Border Force; “Reform Dividend Of Stopping The Boats”
- May 08, 2014: Wayne Swan Attacks Abbott Government As Partisan And Vindictive; Claims Undermining Of Institutions And Conventions Of Government
- May 07, 2014: Cormann Appears To Confirm Deficit Levy In Budget; Unease On Government Backbench
- May 04, 2014: Abbott Emphasises Government’s Budget Strategy As Polls Head South
- May 01, 2014: Government Releases National Commission Of Audit Report
- Apr 30, 2014: Kevin Andrews: Civil Society, Social Welfare And The Economy
- Apr 30, 2014: Infrastructure For The 21st Century: Warren Truss Addresses The National Press Club
- Apr 29, 2014: W.A. Senate Election Result Now Finalised; Liberal 3, ALP 1, Greens 1, PUP 1
- Apr 28, 2014: In Speech To The Sydney Institute, Abbott Signals Temporary Pain In Nation-Building Budget
- Apr 28, 2014: Still No Sign Of Missing Flight MH370; Abbott And Houston Suggest 8 Months For Ongoing Search
- Apr 25, 2014: Bishop And Ronaldson Speak At Gallipoli And Villers-Brettonneux ANZAC Services
- Apr 25, 2014: Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s Speech To The National ANZAC Day Service
- Apr 24, 2014: Direct Action: Greg Hunt Releases Emissions Reduction Fund White Paper
- Apr 23, 2014: The Case For Change: Joe Hockey’s Pre-Budget Speech To The Spectator Australia
- Apr 21, 2014: Abbott “Acknowledges” The Passing Of Wran
- Apr 15, 2014: Abbott Government To Build Second Sydney Airport At Badgerys Creek
- Apr 06, 2014: Liberals Clinging To Three Seats In WA Senate Election; Labor Thrashed As Greens Triumph And Palmer Surges
- Mar 25, 2014: Dame Quentin Bryce, 25th Governor-General Of Australia, Farewelled In Canberra
- Mar 25, 2014: Arise Dame Quentin And Sir Peter: Abbott Reintroduces Knights And Dames For “Pre-Eminent Australians”
- Mar 20, 2014: The Abbott Ministry – Revised List Following Sinodinos Departure
- Mar 19, 2014: Assistant Treasurer Senator Arthur Sinodinos Stands Aside Over ICAC Investigations
- Mar 09, 2014: Abbott Introduces Marshall At Launch Of South Australian Liberal Party Election Campaign
- Mar 03, 2014: Scott Ludlam Invites Tony Abbott To Western Australia: “We Want Our Country Back”
- Mar 03, 2014: Government Refuses Debt Guarantee For Qantas But Will Repeal Foreign Ownership Restrictions
- Mar 01, 2014: Afghanistan Troops Welcomed Home In Darwin
- Feb 26, 2014: Government Announces $320 Million Drought Assistance Package
- Feb 23, 2014: G20 Finance Ministers Commit To 2% GDP Growth Target
- Feb 21, 2014: Operation Sovereign Borders: Morrison Says People Smugglers On The Back Foot
- Feb 20, 2014: High Court Formally Voids WA Senate Result; No Date Yet On New Poll
- Feb 18, 2014: Morrison: One Dead, Thirteen Seriously Injured In Manus Island Disturbance
- Feb 12, 2014: Abbott Presents Closing The Gap Report 2014
- Feb 11, 2014: Condolence Motions Make For Heartfelt Start To Parliament
- Feb 10, 2014: Abbott Government Establishes Royal Commission Into Union Corruption
- Feb 08, 2014: Terri Butler Wins Griffith By-Election For ALP; Status Quo Result Sees 0.68% Swing To Liberals
- Feb 06, 2014: Joe Hockey Speech To Lowy Institute: “The Age Of Personal And Corporate Responsibility Has Begun”
- Feb 06, 2014: The 44th Parliament: Work Of The Session – Nov-Dec 2013
- Feb 01, 2014: Abbott Launches Liberal Party Campaign For Griffith By-Election
- Jan 30, 2014: Turnbull Announces Efficiency Study Of ABC And SBS
- Jan 30, 2014: Government Rejects SPC Ardmona’s Bid For $25 Million Rescue
- Jan 30, 2014: Abbott: A Lot Of Noise Over The Next Year
- Jan 29, 2014: Tony Abbott Attacks ABC In Interview With 2GB’s Ray Hadley
- Jan 28, 2014: Eric Abetz: Industrial Relations After The Thirty Years War
- Jan 28, 2014: General Peter Cosgrove Appointed Governor-General
- Jan 25, 2014: Adam Goodes, Footballer Who Stood Up Against Racism, Named Australian Of The Year For 2014
- Jan 24, 2014: Morrison: No Boats For 36 Days
- Jan 23, 2014: Tony Abbott Addresses World Economic Forum In Davos
- Jan 22, 2014: Asylum Seeker Allegations: I Trust The Navy, Abbott Says
- Jan 22, 2014: Inflation Up Slightly; Hockey Blames Carbon Tax
- Jan 22, 2014: Abbott Arrives In Davos For World Economic Forum
- Jan 21, 2014: Mobilising The Green Army
- Jan 21, 2014: Hockey Gives Audit Commission Extra Fortnight For First Report
- Jan 18, 2014: Abbott Government Cuts $650 Million From Foreign Aid
- Jan 18, 2014: Abbott Satisfied With Oversight Of Australian Intelligence Activities
- Jan 15, 2014: Commission Of Audit Interrogated By Senate Select Committee
- Jan 10, 2014: No Boat Arrivals For Three Weeks Says Morrison
- Jan 08, 2014: Abbott Moves Into 23rd Place
- Jan 06, 2014: Griffith By-Election Set For February 8
- Jan 01, 2014: Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s New Year Message
- Dec 29, 2013: Health Minister Peter Dutton Won’t Comment On Medicare Levy Speculation
- Dec 26, 2013: General Peter Cosgrove Reportedly Abbott’s Choice For Next Governor-General
- Dec 24, 2013: Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s Christmas Message
- Dec 20, 2013: Hockey Appoints Dumped Liberal MP To Foreign Investment Review Board
- Dec 18, 2013: Weatherill: Government Response To Holden Closure Pathetic
- Dec 18, 2013: Abbott Offers $100 Million Employment Fund For Car Workers
- Dec 17, 2013: Government Appoints Sophie Mirabella To Submarine Corporation
- Dec 17, 2013: MYEFO: Budget Deficit Rises To $47.6bn And $123bn Over Four Years; Debt To Hit $667bn In A Decade
- Dec 16, 2013: Stott Despoja, Former Democrats Leader, Appointed Ambassador For Women And Girls
- Dec 16, 2013: Majority Of Australian Troops In Afghanistan On Their Way Home
- Dec 16, 2013: Shorten on Abbott’s 100 Days: Disappointment, Broken Promises
- Dec 16, 2013: The Greens On Abbott: 100 Days, 40 Failures; Secretive, Cruel And Chaotic
- Dec 15, 2013: Code Of Conduct For Asylum Seekers Living In Australia: Full Text
- Dec 15, 2013: 100 Days Since The Election: “We’ve Made A Good Start,” Abbott Says
- Dec 13, 2013: COAG Agreement On Indigenous Truancy And One-Stop Shops For Projects
- Dec 12, 2013: Turnbull Says Strategic Review Into NBN Shows Delays And Cost Blowouts
- Dec 11, 2013: Abbott And Shorten Clash Over Holden Closure In Terse Parliamentary Exchange
- Dec 11, 2013: GMH To Close Australian Manufacturing Operations In 2017: Official
- Dec 11, 2013: Tony Abbott: Statement Of Ministerial Standards
- Dec 08, 2013: Abbott Pressures Parliament To Repeal Taxes By Christmas
- Dec 06, 2013: The Long Walk To Freedom Ends With Global Tributes To The Life Of Nelson Mandela
- Dec 05, 2013: Tony Abbott’s Weary Dunlop Speech To AsiaLink
- Dec 05, 2013: Australia Strikes Free Trade Agreement With South Korea (KAFTA)
- Dec 04, 2013: Greens Strike Deal With Abbott Government To Abolish Debt Ceiling
- Dec 04, 2013: Clive Palmer’s First Parliamentary Question: Is My Phone Bugged?
- Dec 03, 2013: “You Should Not Come Because You Will Not Stay” – Abbott Claims Mandate For TPVs
- Dec 02, 2013: Government Backflips On School Funding; 4-Year Agreement With $1.2 Billion Restored
- Nov 29, 2013: Education Ministers Speak Out On Pyne’s School Funding Announcement
- Nov 29, 2013: Treasurer Joe Hockey Blocks ADM Takeover Of GrainCorp
- Nov 28, 2013: Final Two-Party Figures: Coalition Won 2013 Election With 3.61% Swing
- Nov 26, 2013: Pyne Abandons Gonski School Funding Agreements; New Arrangements After 2014
- Nov 23, 2013: Abbott Announces Panel To Examine Democratisation Of NSW Liberals
- Nov 23, 2013: Abbott Establishes Indigenous Advisory Council
- Nov 21, 2013: Carbon Tax Repeal Bills Passed By House Of Representatives
- Nov 20, 2013: Indonesia Demands Spying Explanation, Suspends Co-operation; Abbott To Respond; Shorten Invokes ‘Team Australia’
- Nov 19, 2013: Abbott Statement On Indonesian Intelligence Operations; Regrets But Does Not Apologise
- Nov 15, 2013: Operation Sovereign Borders: Scott Morrison’s Weekly Briefing
- Nov 14, 2013: Government Establishes Royal Commission Into Home Insulation Programme
- Nov 12, 2013: Governor-General Quentin Bryce Opens 44th Parliament
- Nov 09, 2013: Indonesia Refuses To Accept Turned Back Boat; Asylum Seekers Taken To Christmas Island
- Nov 09, 2013: Government Tightens Rules On Parliamentarians’ Expenses Claims
- Nov 09, 2013: Tony Abbott Address To W.A. Liberal Party State Council
- Nov 08, 2013: The Task Ahead: Joe Hockey Speech To Centre For Independent Studies
- Nov 08, 2013: Abbott Abolishes Twenty Advisory Bodies
- Nov 08, 2013: Morrison Quizzed About Stand-Off With Indonesia Over Asylum Seeker Boat
- Nov 08, 2013: Abbott Government Outlines Legislative Program For First Parliamentary Sittings
- Nov 04, 2013: Governor-General’s Proclamation Summoning Parliament
- Nov 04, 2013: Car Industry Report Predicts Economic Devastation If Government Assistance Ends
- Nov 01, 2013: Bishop Says AusAID Abolition Heralds Alignment Of Foreign, Trade And Development Policies
- Nov 01, 2013: Morrison Says The Boats Are Stopping
- Oct 31, 2013: Clive Palmer Wins Fairfax By 53 Votes After Recount
- Oct 26, 2013: Carbon Tax Was Socialism Masquerading As Environmentalism, Abbott Tells Tasmanian Liberals
- Oct 24, 2013: Treasurer And Reserve Bank Issue Statement On Monetary Policy
- Oct 23, 2013: Brian Loughnane: Liberal Party’s 2013 Federal Election Analysis
- Oct 22, 2013: Government Increases Debt Limit, Announces Commission Of Audit
- Oct 15, 2013: Abbott And Hunt Release Carbon Tax Repeal Legislation
- Oct 13, 2013: Abbott Rejects Governor-General’s Offer To Resign Over Shorten
- Oct 03, 2013: The New Senate Numbers And The Abbott Government
- Oct 02, 2013: Greens Seek Recount After Scott Ludlam Loses Western Australian Senate Seat
- Oct 01, 2013: Palmer Wins By 7 Votes, Triggering Recount; Final Senate Results Now On Way
- Oct 01, 2013: Reserve Bank Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
- Sep 30, 2013: Morrison Confirms 31 Dead From Asylum Boat Sinking
- Sep 24, 2013: Turnbull Issues ‘Statement Of Expectations’ For The NBN
- Sep 23, 2013: Morrison Confirms ‘Tactical’ Secrecy On Turning Back Asylum-Seeker Boats
- Sep 20, 2013: Abbott Government Advertises Jobs For Ministerial Staff
- Sep 18, 2013: Sophie Mirabella Concedes Defeat In Indi; Palmer Falls Behind In Fairfax
- Sep 18, 2013: Abbott Government: Administrative Arrangements Order
- Sep 18, 2013: Tony Abbott Sworn In As Australia’s 28th Prime Minister
- Sep 17, 2013: 2013 Federal Election Analysis: Kerry O’Brien
- Sep 17, 2013: Why Is Kevin Rudd Still Prime Minister?
- Sep 16, 2013: The First Abbott Ministry: Statistical Analysis
- Sep 16, 2013: The First Abbott Ministry Announced
- Sep 13, 2013: ALP Vote Deteriorating In Final Stages Of Counting; 55 Seats May Be 53 When All Votes Are In
- Sep 12, 2013: Coalition Edging Towards 90 Seats As Election Counting Continues
- Sep 10, 2013: Julie Bishop Sacks Steve Bracks As Consul General In New York
- Sep 09, 2013: Transition To Abbott Government Begins; Shorten, Albanese Vie For ALP Leadership As Recriminations Start; Mirabella Struggling In Indi; Palmer Takes Fairfax; Micro Parties Descend On Senate
- Sep 07, 2013: Abbott Leads Coalition To Decisive Victory; Rudd Saves The Furniture And Quits ALP Leadership; Labor Loses 14 Seats With Lowest Primary Vote Since 1931
- Sep 06, 2013: Abbott Promises No Change To GST, No Cuts To Education, Health, Pensions, ABC Or SBS
- Jun 08, 2012: Tony Abbott: The Coalition’s Plan For Stronger Communities
- Jan 31, 2012: Abbott: My Plan For A Stronger Economy, A Stronger Australia
- Jan 01, 2011: Tony Abbott On Floods, NBN, School Chaplains And Gillard
- Aug 21, 2010: Tony Abbott’s Election Night Speech: 2010 Federal Election
- Aug 08, 2010: Tony Abbott’s Campaign Launch Speech
- Mar 31, 2010: Tony Abbott: ‘We All Have To Live With Shit’
- Mar 23, 2010: Rudd And Abbott Debate Health Reform At National Press Club
- Mar 13, 2010: Tony Abbott Comments On Kevin Rudd’s Health Plans
- Mar 07, 2010: Tony Abbott On Homosexuality
- Feb 08, 2010: Tony Abbott On Housewives And Ironing
- Mar 02, 2006: Howard And Abbott Abortion Counselling Press Conference
- Aug 31, 2003: Craig Emerson Savaged By Laurie Oakes Over Pauline Hanson
- Aug 27, 2003: Abbott On Action Against Hanson: “I Was Acting Entirely On My Own”
- Jan 11, 2003: Reform With A Social Conscience: Tony Abbott Speech To Young Liberals
- Jul 01, 2002: Tony Abbott: A Bad Boss Is Better Than No Boss
- Mar 20, 1979: Tony Abbott Attacks Marxist Influence On Curriculum And Teaching In Universities
