Mr Abbott lost to Independent candidate Zali Steggall in the former Liberal stronghold of Warringah in Sydney's northern beaches - a seat he held for 25 years.

The petition on change.org was launched three days ago and pleads with the newly-elected independent Zali Steggall to keep promise for climate change action by putting up wind turbines on Sydney beach.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is believed to have appointed NSW senator Arthur Sinodinos to the role, and is expected to make the announcement by Sunday afternoon.

Tony Abbott is wondering what to do next after losing the parliamentary seat he held for 25 years to a former Olympic skier in last month's election.

A man who stabbed a Tony Abbott volunteer with a corkscrew as he was putting up campaign posters in Sydney has been revealed as a senior partner at global tax firm KPMG. 

A Sydney accountant who used a corkscrew to poke a Tony Abbott supporter has avoided jail time. 

Mr Joyce called abortion 'animalistic' as he joined former prime minister Tony Abbott and a throng of passionate pro-life protesters in Sydney's Hyde Park.

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott will enjoy a memorable send-off when a lavish farewell dinner is held in his honour next week.

Tony Abbott has reportedly visited convicted paedophile George Pell in a Melbourne prison on Monday.

Mr Abbott, who has volunteered with the Rural Fire Service for more than a decade, was pictured at the Bargo BP service station wearing the yellow uniform of his Davidson squadron.

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been spotted in his firefighting gear battling blazes south of Sydney for the second time this week, as Scott Morrison faces criticism for his family holiday.

The former prime minister donned a breathing apparatus and oxygen tank in 45C heat as he fought a fire that engulfed a home in Bendalong over the weekend.

The party was hosted by Australian billionaire businessman Anthony Pratt, with former prime minister Tony Abbott and golfer Greg Norman among the star-studded guest list.

Speaking at an event at Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney on Tuesday night, Mr Abbott said lower birthrate figures among the middle class were a 'real problem'.

Tony Abbott said he believes Australia's response to the pandemic has been 'better' than other countries as the government has been thinking of a scenario such as this for many years.

On paper, at least, Last Christmas seemed to have so much going for it - a screenplay co-written by the clever, funny, not-to-mention double-Oscar-winning Emma Thompson.

Six years ago, when the original Frozen film was released, I was one of many, many adults who absolutely loved it.

My mother, a former actress, adored Little Women and read the book aloud to my sisters and me, with different voices for each of the March sisters.

I first saw Bombshell a few weeks ago, and when I told people what a treat they had heading their way, they naturally wanted to know what it was about.

As nomination season for the big film awards comes to a close, it is clear there are both winners - basically Joker, 1917, The Irishman and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood - and losers.

Until 2008, Robert Downey Jr was best known as the troubled actor who failed to live up to the Oscar-nominated promise he demonstrated in Chaplin & came close to wrecking his career with drugs.

Kanchamaiporn Saithong, 35, was found sprawled on the floor of his room lying on top of the two phones after he failed to turn up for work in the city of Chonburi.

Sydney will now host the Matildas' matches against China, Taiwan and Thailand after Asian Football Confederation moved games away from Nanjing due to coronavirus outbreak.

The daredevil pooch carried out the incredible feat in Hua Hin, Thailand. An amazed onlooker films as the hound slowly scales the gate before wiggling through a gap and jumping down the other side.

Experts at the University of Southampton mapped the global threat using travel data. Experts say millions of Chinese people would have travelled before cities in Hubei province were put into lockdown.

The pods, called Jungle Bubbles, have been installed at the five-star Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort in Chiang Saen, northern Thailand.

Britain's No 1 boxer Josh Taylor has vowed to never again let alcohol jeopardise that hard-earned status nor imperil his golden future.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: A giraffe was found dead today in swamp in Chachoengsao province,Thailand(left), just two days after it escaped from a truck bound for a zoo.

The footage was recorded by hygiene officials who visited the factory in Nong Khai, northeast Thailand, on Tuesday. The workers raise the chicken to their mouths and begin tearing at them with their teeth.

The Good Spa Guide reports a steady increase in UK spa-break bookings in general but particularly in breaks offering a taste of Thailand or a massage Moroccan-style.

Medics in Thailand tested the drug mix on a patient in a 'serious condition' with the disease and within 48 hours they were declared disease-free. The drugs are normally used for HIV and influenza treatment.

The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 426, with the total number of cases worldwide now standing at almost 21,000, officials said on Tuesday.

In a series of text exchanges seen by Daily Mail Australia, Chinese students admit rushing to 'visa-free' countries to get around the ban - and enter Australia as soon as possible.

Stefan Eiriksson Andersen, 30, from Denmark, jumped from the plane after it took off from an airfield in the Sri Racha district of Chon Buri, eastern Thailand on Saturday afternoon.

Ricky Hatton has reassured fans that they can talk to him after he was pictured with a 'drug dealer' in Thailand who was struck down by coronavirus. Hatton says it was 'several years ago'.

Mark Rumble, 31, from Oxfordshire, was sent back to the UK from Thailand to face charges of a conspiracy to supply class A drugs and collapsed in prison days later.

Dean Rowland, who is thought to have spent two weeks 'exploring' the coronavirus-hit nation, posted a picture to Instagram of him wearing a facemask at Basildon University Hospital.

Tests have revealed that Mark Rumble (pictured, with boxer Ricky Hatton) and another prisoner at HMP Bullingdon in Oxfordshire do not have coronavirus.

The medic treated a 'small number' of patients at Worthing Hospital in West Sussex (pictured) on February 4 and 5 before they became unwell and 'self-isolated'.

Two elephants were travelling through Nakhon Sawan, northern Thailand, on a heavy-load lorry when it stopped at a red light on Saturday. They reached out to grab bunches of sugar cane.

One of the UK's top doctors' unions, the British Medical Association, has reportedly complained to the NHS and Department of Health that the helpline tells potentially contagious patients to go to a GP.

The ship, MS Westerdam, has 650 Americans on board and has finally been allowed to anchor down in the port of Sihanoukville this afternoon.

The 60-year-old elephant, Boon Peng, was suffering abdominal pains and struggling to walk at his enclosure in Chiang Mai.

Khun Nam, 57, required first aid for an inch-long cut to her face after being charged by a bull that had broken out of the ring and into the crowd during a fight in southern Thailand on Monday.

Dashcam footage filmed in Krabi, southern Thailand, shows how the truck turns a corner, throwing cement all over the road, and causing a huge cloud of dust to cover a woman's car.

Customers set to go on Tui's Marella Cruises trip to Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore have pleaded to have their money refunded but the travel firm says the cruise will 'sail as planned.'

Every time a customer buys a 'Mermaids' biscuit at the counter, the US coffee chain will donate 50p to the British charity of the same name. It has also produced an ad lauding its cafes as 'safe spaces'.

A travel blogger has come under fire on social media for posing in a 'dangerous' stunt after posting a picture of himself hanging off a hotel balcony in Bangkok, Thailand.

Actor Sid Owen has undergone emergency surgery on his jaw after a golf ball thwacked him in the face and knocked out six of his teeth.

Michael Turner, 70, set sail from the west coast of Phuket on Friday and intended to sail round the coast to Chalong Pier on the south east of the island.