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A Short Biography of Tony Abbott

Author Name:

Tony Abbott

Born As:

Anthony John Abbott

Other Names:

Born:

04 Nov 1957

Died:





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Leader of the Opposition in the Australian House of Representatives - 
Federal Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia                          
Selected Works:

Battlelines. Carlton Victoria Australia - 2009
How to Win the Constitutional War: and give both sides what they want - 1997
The Minimal Monarchy: and why it still makes sense for Australia - 1995.                          
Spouse  Margaret Aitken, three daughters.                          
Bachelor of Economics - Sydney University 
Bachelor of Law - Sydney University
Master of Arts - Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University
Journalist - The Catholic Weekly and National
Journalist - The Bulletin
Journalist - The Australian

Supporter of the constitutional monarchy in Australia.

Studied at a  seminary,  St. Patrick's Seminary at Manly, in theology, to prepare for ordination as clergy.                           
As Opposition spokesman on Indigenous Affairs, Abbott spent weeks teaching in a remote Aboriginal settlements in Cape York in 2008 and 2009, organised through prominent indigenous leader Noel Pearson. He taught remedial reading to Aboriginal children; worked with an income management group, helping families manage their welfare payments; and visited children who had not been attending school - with a goal 'to familiarise himself with indigenous issues'.