Tony Abbott – A Loyal Friend and Not A Yes-Man

Six years ago today on December 3rd 2019, Cardinal Pell described a well publicised visit to him the previous day by former Prime Minister Tony Abbott as a “….. public gesture ….. worth much more with the general population than learned articles.”

Today I showed the above picture of Mr Abbott, talking with US president Barak Obama, to my traditionally educated friend Gaye.

She said that body language indicated that Obama did not like what he was being told and that the former Australian Prime Minister was clearly not a Yes-Man.

Geoff Fox, December 3, 2025, Melbourne, Australia

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