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| Tony Abbott confirms he intends to stay in parliament and will recontest Warringah seat | Tony Abbott confirms he intends to stay in parliament and will recontest Warringah seat |
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| Tony Abbott has ended rolling speculation about his intentions by confirming that he intends to stay in the Australian parliament rather than quit politics. | Tony Abbott has ended rolling speculation about his intentions by confirming that he intends to stay in the Australian parliament rather than quit politics. |
| The former prime minister posted on his website on Sunday making his immediate plans plain – Abbott said he would recontest his seat of Warringah. | The former prime minister posted on his website on Sunday making his immediate plans plain – Abbott said he would recontest his seat of Warringah. |
| Abbott said in the post he’d been heartened by support and encouragement from the community. | Abbott said in the post he’d been heartened by support and encouragement from the community. |
| “After leaving the prime ministership, I said that I would spend some time talking to family, trusted colleagues and local Liberals about my future,” Abbott said in the post. | “After leaving the prime ministership, I said that I would spend some time talking to family, trusted colleagues and local Liberals about my future,” Abbott said in the post. |
| “I have been heartened by the support and encouragement I’ve received to continue to serve the country as a member of parliament,” he said. | “I have been heartened by the support and encouragement I’ve received to continue to serve the country as a member of parliament,” he said. |
| “Therefore, I am renominating to represent the people of Warringah for another term as their Liberal MP.” | “Therefore, I am renominating to represent the people of Warringah for another term as their Liberal MP.” |
| Abbott said he was “proud of my work to establish the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust – that has done so much to improve the amenity of former military land on North Head, Middle Head and Georges Heights.” | Abbott said he was “proud of my work to establish the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust – that has done so much to improve the amenity of former military land on North Head, Middle Head and Georges Heights.” |
| “Should I be renominated and elected, I am looking forward to working with premier Mike Baird to ensure that the Warringah Peninsula gets better transport links to the rest of Sydney. | “Should I be renominated and elected, I am looking forward to working with premier Mike Baird to ensure that the Warringah Peninsula gets better transport links to the rest of Sydney. |
| “It has been a great honour to serve the people of Warringah for 22 years and I hope to retain their trust and confidence.” | “It has been a great honour to serve the people of Warringah for 22 years and I hope to retain their trust and confidence.” |
| Abbott’s decision to stay in politics makes the federal election year potentially more complicated for the current prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull. | Abbott’s decision to stay in politics makes the federal election year potentially more complicated for the current prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull. |
| Abbott has been positioning himself since losing the leadership as the self-styled leader of the government’s conservative faction, a grouping which shows little tolerance for Turnbull’s very tentative forays in the direction of the political centre. | Abbott has been positioning himself since losing the leadership as the self-styled leader of the government’s conservative faction, a grouping which shows little tolerance for Turnbull’s very tentative forays in the direction of the political centre. |
| Abbott lost the leadership of the Liberal party after more than 12 months of negative opinion polls – a development which followed the breaking of key election promises, the unveiling of a deeply unpopular first budget, and widespread internal complaints about a “command and control” approach to leadership from the prime minister’s office. | Abbott lost the leadership of the Liberal party after more than 12 months of negative opinion polls – a development which followed the breaking of key election promises, the unveiling of a deeply unpopular first budget, and widespread internal complaints about a “command and control” approach to leadership from the prime minister’s office. |
| After losing the prime ministership, Abbott promised not to be a wrecker – referencing the recent destructive experience of Labor’s roiling leadership tensions between Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard, which ultimately cost the ALP government. | After losing the prime ministership, Abbott promised not to be a wrecker – referencing the recent destructive experience of Labor’s roiling leadership tensions between Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard, which ultimately cost the ALP government. |
| But despite those undertakings, Abbott has remained an active participant in politics post-leadership, intervening to defend his legacy as prime minister, and, periodically, outlining alternative propositions to those being articulated by the new government leadership. | But despite those undertakings, Abbott has remained an active participant in politics post-leadership, intervening to defend his legacy as prime minister, and, periodically, outlining alternative propositions to those being articulated by the new government leadership. |