Originally published in The Australian France’s President Francois Hollande is absolutely right to describe the multiple, co-ordinated atrocities in Paris as an act of war. For more than 12 months, the self-styled Islamic State caliphate has been urging its adherents around the world (sometimes specifying Australia) to find unbelievers and to kill them. The mass…
Published in The Australian It goes without saying that every child deserves a loving home. Further, it’s surely self-evident that government’s duty, as far as humanly possible, is to keep children safe in their homes. Yet all too often officialdom puts the rights of dysfunctional parents ahead of the rights of vulnerable children. The ideology…
TRANSCRIPT OF THE HON. TONY ABBOTT MP, ADDRESS TO THE SECOND ANNUAL MARGARET THATCHER CENTRE GALA DINNER AND BANQUET, GUILDHALL, LONDON E&OE……………………….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… I am both honoured and humbled to give this lecture in memory of Margaret Thatcher, who revived the “great” in Great Britain and whose leadership was the gold standard to which so many…
Brian Loughnane has been an outstanding servant of the Liberal Party and a fine colleague to all the leaders he has served: John Howard, Brendan Nelson, Malcolm Turnbull and me. He was the campaign director for the 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013 elections. In 2004, he was instrumental in securing a fourth term for the Howard…
TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER THE HON. TONY ABBOTT MP PRESS STATEMENT PRIME MINISTER’S COURTYARD, PARLIAMENT HOUSE E&OE……………………….…………………………………………………………… Thank you for being here. This is not an easy day for many people in this building. Leadership changes are never easy for our country. My pledge today is to make this change as easy as I…