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Australian Liberal Party MP Tim Wilson proposes to his longtime partner during a session of parliament on December 3, 2017, in Canberra, Australia. (Screen capture: YouTube)
December 4, 2017, 8:10 am
Australian MP proposes to gay partner in parliament
Conservative ruling party lawmaker’s proposal to his fiance comes with bill allowing same-sex marriage on verge of becoming law
By AFP
Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott (left) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 23, 2014. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash 90)
January 2, 2017, 2:32 am
Former Australian PM: Cut off aid to Palestinians
Tony Abbott: Canberra should consider moving embassy to Jerusalem, support the ‘region’s only liberal, pluralist democracy’
By ToI Staff
Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott responds during a question and answer session after delivering a lecture at the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)
December 10, 2015, 3:43 am
Australia’s Abbott defends comments on Islam
After railing against Islamic State’s ‘submit or die’ message, former PM writes of need to ‘modernize’ Islam
By ANNABELLE LIANG
Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott responds during a question and answer session after delivering a lecture at the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore on December 9, 2015 (Photo by AP Photo/Joseph Nair)
December 9, 2015, 8:35 pm
Australia’s Abbott: Western culture superior to Islam
The idea of killing in the name of God, says former PM, ‘is a recipe for catastrophe’
By AP
Australian Prime minister-elect Malcolm Turnbull speaks to the press after his victory in a Liberal Party vote. (screen capture: BCC)
September 15, 2015, 3:29 am
Australia’s new PM may be Jewish, but hasn’t given it much thought
Malcolm Turnbull said his mother claimed Jewish ancestry, but is more interested ‘on the here and now’ than researching his roots
By ToI Staff and AP
Former Australian Liberal Party leader and Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to the media that he asked Prime Minister Tony Abbott to open up the party's leadership to an internal vote at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)
September 14, 2015, 4:48 pm
Australian PM ousted for more moderate rival with Jewish roots
Malcolm Turnbull, who said his mother’s family was Jewish, defeats Tony Abbott in internal Liberal Party ballot to lead country
By AP and ToI Staff
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (YouTube screen capture/ABC News)
September 9, 2015, 9:04 am
Australia boosts refugee intake, extends airstrikes to Syria
PM Abbot says country will resettle 12,000 refugees from Middle East, step up military measures against Islamic State
By AFP
Syrian refugees land on the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos in an inflatable dingy across the Aegean Sea from Turkey on September 3, 2015. (AFP/Angelos Tzortzinis)
September 7, 2015, 12:01 pm
Australia, New Zealand to take in Syrian refugees
Canberra government promises ‘significant’ increase in refugee settlement, without committing to numbers; Wellington to allow in 600
By AFP and AP
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (photo credit: AFP/Ness Kerton)
September 3, 2015, 6:19 pm
Australian PM says Islamic State worse than Nazis
Riling Jewish leaders, Tony Abbott says jihadists ‘boast about their evil’ while Nazis ‘had a sufficient sense of shame to try to hide’ their crimes
By Rod McGuirk
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (YouTube screen capture/ABC News)
August 20, 2015, 11:51 am
Australia says 7 jihadi suspects stopped at airport
PM Tony Abbott stresses ‘vigorous action’ is needed to dissuade youngsters from joining Mideast terror groups
By Rod McGuirk
Centre Block of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada. (photo credit: CC BY Kumar Appaiah, Wikimedia Commons)
May 30, 2015, 12:57 am
Canada may strip jihadists of citizenship
New law aimed at Islamic State recruits allows Ottawa to revoke rights of those convicted of taking arms against nation
By AFP
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (YouTube screen capture/ABC News)
May 24, 2015, 11:08 am
New Australian anti-terror laws target citizenship
In latest security measure, Canberra seeks to strip citizenship of dual nationals linked to jihadist activity
By AFP
Melbourne, Australia (Wikimedia Commons/Donaldytong/File)
May 9, 2015, 10:12 am
Australia police foil alleged terror bomb plot
Seventeen-year-old Melbourne resident arrested on suspicion he planned Mother’s Day attack
By AFP
The Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (R) and Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key depart following the dedication of the Australia ANZAC memorial at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park in Wellington, New Zealand on APRIL 20, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/MARTY MELVILLE)
April 20, 2015, 3:39 am
Australian PM to talk border security on Turkey trip
Tony Abbott says more must be done to keep his country’s citizens from joining Islamic State ranks
By AFP
Melbourne, Australia (Wikimedia Commons/Donaldytong/File)
April 18, 2015, 7:32 am
Australia arrests 5 for plotting terror attack
Teenagers allegedly planned to target police officers during Veterans Day ceremony in Melbourne
By AP
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