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Abbott, Tony, 1957-
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- Abbott, Anthony John, 1957-
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1957-
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Anthony John Abbott was born in London on 4 November, 1957. His family moved to Australia a few months later and settled on the North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales. His education was received at St Ignatius' College Riverview, the University of Sydney, the University of Oxford (on a Rhodes Scholarship), and St Patrick's Seminary, Manly. Though he had planned to become a priest, he left the seminary after three years and decided to begin a career in politics instead. He was elected to the House of Representatives for Warringah, New South Wales at the by-election of 1994. Re-elected 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016. During that time, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs from 11.3.1996 to 21.10.1998; Minister for Employment Services from 21.10.1998 to 30.1.2001; Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business from 30.1.2001 to 26.11.2001; Cabinet Minister from 30.1.2001 to 3.12.2007; Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations from 26.11.2001 to 7.10.2003; Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service from 26.11.2001 to 7.10.2003; Minister for Health and Ageing from 7.10.2003 to 3.12.2007; Prime Minister from 18.9.2013 to 15.9.2015; Cabinet Minister from 18.9.2013 to 15.9.2015. He was defeated at the general elections 2019. Abbott has published 4 non-fiction titles: (1995) The minimal monarchy: and why it still makes sense for Australia , (Wakefield Press, Kent Town, SA); (1997) How to win the constitutional war and give both sides what they want (Australians for Constitutional Monarchy in association with Wakefield Press); (2009) Battlelines (Melbourne University Press); and (2012) A strong Australia: the values, directions and policy priorities of the next Coalition Government (Bambra Press, Melbourne).
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Revised, SJB, 1-Jun-2022
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Marr, David (2013), "Power trip" Rudd v Abbott "Political animal": two classic quarterly essays (Collingwood, Victoria: Black Inc).
Parliament of Australia website, accessed 1 June 2022, SJB, 1-Jun-2022