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    Tony Abbott
    Former Australian leader 'headbutted' on heated same-sex marriage campaign trail
    22 Sep 2017
    Explainer
    Australia is voting on same-sex marriage - but it's not as straightforward as our referendum
    12 Sep 2017
    102
    hey abbott
    "The suppository of all wisdom": Australia's gaffe-prone Tony Abbott - in his own words
    15 Sep 2015
    21
    long way to the top
    This man is about to become Australia's new prime minister
    14 Sep 2015
    51
    islamic state
    "A terrorists' picnic" - This Australian minister is dead against sending food hampers to Syria
    18 Aug 2015
    71
    big discussion
    Australia might get to vote on same-sex marriage - on one condition
    12 Aug 2015
    83
    voted down under
    Hopes that Ireland's marriage equality vote would spread worldwide have suffered a setback
    11 Aug 2015
    26
    Keeping schtum
    Did Australia bribe people smugglers to turn their boat around?
    12 Jun 2015
    46
    No vote
    Ireland may have said Yes to gay marriage, but Australia won't be following suit
    24 May 2015
    67
    Terror Threat
    Three-bomb Mother's Day terror plot by teenager foiled in Melbourne
    9 May 2015
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    Death Penalty
    Seven foreigners condemned to death sang hymns before being executed by firing squad
    29 Apr 2015
    88
    drownings
    Australian Prime Minister tells EU to 'stop the boats' as hundreds more migrants die
    21 Apr 2015
    128
    so there
    Enda tells Australian PM: We don't all get drunk on St Patrick's Day
    17 Mar 2015
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    No
    Australian Prime Minister chomps down on raw onion with the skin still on
    13 Mar 2015
    19
    hey abbott
    Poll: The Australian PM's Paddy's Day message seems a little patronising ... What do you think?
    12 Mar 2015
    99
    top o the mornin to ya
    The Australian Prime Minister's St. Patrick's Day message is one of the cringiest yet
    12 Mar 2015
    3
    southern hospitality
    We are 'sick of being lectured' by the UN on asylum seekers: Australian PM
    9 Mar 2015
    95
    all abbott dat bass
    Australia's PM: 'We've bitten off more than we could chew'
    9 Feb 2015
    47
    Tony Abbott
    Australian prime minister could be ousted ... for giving knighthood to Prince Philip
    6 Feb 2015
    37
    RIP
    Colleen McCullough, who wrote the hugely successful book 'The Thorn Birds', has died
    29 Jan 2015
    10
    Tragedy
    'She was destined to change the world': Families mourn Australian siege heroes
    23 Dec 2014
    14
    Murder
    Mother of children found stabbed to death in Australia is arrested
    20 Dec 2014
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    fatal raid
    New footage emerges of police storming Sydney siege café with sniper waiting opposite
    17 Dec 2014
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    sydney siege
    Australian PM: 'I will not rest until the public is as safe as possible'
    17 Dec 2014
    36
    Rupert Murdoch tweets 'congrats' to his newspaper after 'bloody outcome' to Sydney siege
    15 Dec 2014
    62
    skippy v fungi
    Ireland v Australia: 11 battles that will be settled once and for all by sport tomorrow
    21 Nov 2014
    54
    Air Strikes
    Australia is joining the fight against Islamic State in Iraq
    3 Oct 2014
    68
    this is war
    Australia sending 600 troops to join US against Islamic State - but not for combat
    14 Sep 2014
    71
    islamic state
    Australia warns "terrorist attack is likely" over fears of returning jihadists
    12 Sep 2014
    63
    MH370
    Couple charged with theft from passengers of missing flight MH370
    21 Aug 2014
    10
    Ukraine
    Shelling hampers search as experts continue to scour MH17 site
    2 Aug 2014
    79
    hey prime minister
    Australian PM says sorry for sex line wink
    22 May 2014
    62
    critical juncture
    MH370 search: "We have pursued every possible lead presented to us at this stage"
    19 Apr 2014
    45
    Australia
    Abbott sworn in as Australia's new Prime Minister
    18 Sep 2013
    29
    Inner Enda
    Tony Abbott channels Enda and declares: 'Australia is open for business'
    7 Sep 2013
    45
    Australia
    Australian PM Kevin Rudd concedes election to this man
    7 Sep 2013
    89
    Opinion
    Column: Australian politics is at a crossroads – a fact belied by a lacklustre election campaign
    Ursula Stephens
    5 Sep 2013
    53
    Immigration
    Favourite in Australian election wants to buy Indonesian "smuggler boats"
    23 Aug 2013
    8
    Australia
    Updated: DJ sacked after he asked the Australian PM if her partner is gay
    14 Jun 2013
    92
    Australia
    Australian opposition leader apologises to PM in fresh sexism row
    23 Oct 2012
    25
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