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Tony Abbott on Australia's past and the opposition's future

Tony Abbott on Australia's past and the opposition's future

Update: 2025-10-21
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The former Liberal prime minister says he wrote a new history book 'to help contemporary Australians think better of themselves'.

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Tony Abbott on Australia's past and the opposition's future

Tony Abbott on Australia's past and the opposition's future