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#auspol #abc730 what the fuck is Sarah Ferguson doing giving #themadmonk Abbott a platform to say that '50s immigration policies (go work on the Snowy scheme, FFS).

If he wants to live in the past, he should go on a retreat to a monastery and observe a vow of silence.

Tony Abbott intervenes in Liberal leadership battle calling on right to unite to oust Sussan Ley
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-28/tony-abbott-calls-on-conservatives-to-unite-and-oust-sussan-ley-/106278112

It hurts me to say this, but: Susssan Ley is right. She's recognised that if the Liberal Party is to survive, to present itself as a credible Opposition, and have more than just a dream of winning an election in the next decade, it needs to be overhauled.

Susssan Ley has a mountain of work ahead of her if she's trying to reform and modernise the Liberal Party. This comes after years that cannot be swept under the carpet, and memories that stretch back so far in people's minds that we have a clear picture of what is "normal" for the Liberal Party. Some people like Tony Abbott want that "tradition" that he was part of and benefited from to persist, and for the rest of us to forget the aspects that were terrible for most people in Australia.

But, who can forget the lies and racism and RWNJ extremism resembling Nazism of the Malignant Potato Peter Dutton, the lies and racism and self-serving religious quackery of the Liar from the Shire Scott Morrison, the lies and racism and outrageous sexism and anti-intellectualism and cruelty disguised as boofheadedness of The Mad Monk Tony Abbott, the lies and racism and nonsensical neo-con ideology of Malcolm Turnbull, and the lies and racism and mean-spirited divide-and-conquer class-warfare of John Howard?

#AusPol #SussanLey #SusssanLey #PeterDutton #TheMalignantPotato #ScottMorrison #ScottyFromMarketing #TonyAbbott #TheMadMonk #MalcolmTurnbull #JohnHoward

*cries in Australian*

This is the future #TheMadMonk made 10x harder to achieve. #NBN
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Sorry Tony, but the only person you have to blame for being booted out of office is yourself
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2025/jan/06/sorry-tony-but-the-only-person-you-have-to-blame-for-being-booted-out-of-office-is-yourself

Tony Abbott was one of the worst Australian PMs in recent times. I know we've had a parade of absolute fools in the 10 years since him, and we've been blindsided by the smug incompetence of Scott Morrison, but it's worth remembering Tony Abbott's time as our national leader.

They say people have a short memory, but any attempt at history-revision to give Tony Abbott's image a flatting makeover is doomed to fail. This article is a good refresher on the career of The Mad Monk, and offers scathing criticism in response to recent commentary about him in the media.

#AusPol #TonyAbbott #TheMadMonk

@SuperMoosie
The Mad Monk's finest moments came when you could tell he'd been rehearsing in a mirror for hours, or reading an autocue, or nodding-along and following a voice coaching him patiently through an earpiece, and yet he still managed to flub his lines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emy4HTdPj-0

#Auspol #TonyAbbott #TheMadMonk #MisterRabbit

Alan Jones's lawyers taking 'first steps' towards defamation proceedings over indecent assault allegations
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-07/alan-jones-denies-indecent-assault-allegations/103200252

Radio shock-jock, Alan jones is lawyering-up to sling a defo charge at Nine Newspapers and investigative journalist, Kate McClymont. They've revealed credible allegations that Alan Jones indecently assaulted four young men by groping or kissing them while he was in the nadir (RWNJs would say peak) of his radio career. It's another case of high-profile men acting badly, and reacting by using the courts as a weapon by countering with defamation claims.

You may recall that Alan Jones is a foul-mouthed misogynist and all-round awful person.

Jones has been called-out by regulators for repeatedly performing cash-for-comment: on-air fraud where he made favourable comments about companies such as Telstra, Qantas, Optus, Foxtel, Mirvac, and major banks without telling listeners he was being paid by them.

In 2005, Alan Jones encouraged violence and vilified Middle-Eastern people, saying "Come to Cronulla this weekend to take revenge". He helped to precipitate the Cronulla Riots.

Alan Jones' sexism and politically-motivated slurs included saying Prime Minister Julia Gillard was a liar, and that her father had "died of shame". He encouraged misogynistic violence against the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, by saying "Put her in the same chaff bag as Julia Gillard and throw them both out to sea". Of course, he said favourable things about Tony Abbott in the same breath.

More recently, Alan Jones has been a COVID-minimiser, and a long-time climate-change denier.

Lovely chap. I get the impression his colleagues at the radio station and in political circles knew about it and closed-ranks to protect Alan Jones.

#AusPol #KateMcClymont #AlanJones #Defo #Defamation #CronullaRiots #ChaffBag #CashForComment #TonyAbbott #TheMadMonk

Tony Abbott nominated to Fox Corporation board of directors
https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/tony-abbott-nominated-to-fox-corporation-board-of-directors-20230923-p5e6zy.html

Within days of Rupert Murdoch announcing he's stepping down from running Fox and putting his failson in charge, Lachlan Murdoch has announced a nepo-hire: The Mad Monk has been nominated to the board of directors of Fox Corporation.

#AusPol #nepotism #TonyAbbott #TheMadMonk #FoxNews #Fox