Tony Abbott served as the 28th Prime Minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015 and, in 2025, published a bestselling history of Australia.
Under his government, the carbon and mining taxes were repealed; free trade agreements were finalized with China, Japan, and Korea; the people-smuggling trade from Indonesia to Australia was halted; and Australia became the second-largest military contributor to the U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State in Iraq. His administration also launched the largest federally supported infrastructure program in Australian history, and he chaired the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Brisbane in November 2014.
In both 2014 and 2015, he spent a week running the government from a remote Indigenous community.
Abbott served as the Member for Warringah in the Australian Parliament from 1994 to 2019. As the local MP, he played a key role in establishing the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust to preserve the natural and built heritage of his electorate and beyond. He was a cabinet minister in the Howard government from 2001 to 2007, serving as Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Health, and Leader of the House of Representatives.
Before entering Parliament, he worked as a journalist with The Australian, served as a senior adviser to opposition leader John Hewson, and was executive director of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy. He holds degrees in economics and law from the University of Sydney and in politics and philosophy from Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
He is the author of The Minimal Monarchy (1995), How to Win the Constitutional War (1997), Battlelines (2009), and most recently Australia: A History, which was a bestselling title in its category in 2025.
Between 1998 and 2019, he convened the annual Pollie Pedal bike ride, supporting organizations such as Soldier On, Carers Australia, and Wandering Warriors. He continues to surf near Queenscliff and volunteers with the Davidson Rural Fire Brigade.
In 2020, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia. He currently serves as a director of the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, a visiting fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs and the Danube Institute, and a director of FOX Corporation.
He is married to Margaret, and they have three daughters: Louise, Frances, and Bridget.
Under his government, the carbon and mining taxes were repealed; free trade agreements were finalized with China, Japan, and Korea; the people-smuggling trade from Indonesia to Australia was halted; and Australia became the second-largest military contributor to the U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State in Iraq. His administration also launched the largest federally supported infrastructure program in Australian history, and he chaired the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Brisbane in November 2014.
In both 2014 and 2015, he spent a week running the government from a remote Indigenous community.
Abbott served as the Member for Warringah in the Australian Parliament from 1994 to 2019. As the local MP, he played a key role in establishing the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust to preserve the natural and built heritage of his electorate and beyond. He was a cabinet minister in the Howard government from 2001 to 2007, serving as Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Health, and Leader of the House of Representatives.
Before entering Parliament, he worked as a journalist with The Australian, served as a senior adviser to opposition leader John Hewson, and was executive director of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy. He holds degrees in economics and law from the University of Sydney and in politics and philosophy from Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
He is the author of The Minimal Monarchy (1995), How to Win the Constitutional War (1997), Battlelines (2009), and most recently Australia: A History, which was a bestselling title in its category in 2025.
Between 1998 and 2019, he convened the annual Pollie Pedal bike ride, supporting organizations such as Soldier On, Carers Australia, and Wandering Warriors. He continues to surf near Queenscliff and volunteers with the Davidson Rural Fire Brigade.
In 2020, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia. He currently serves as a director of the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, a visiting fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs and the Danube Institute, and a director of FOX Corporation.
He is married to Margaret, and they have three daughters: Louise, Frances, and Bridget.