The Hon Tony Abbott AC served as Prime Minister of Australia for two years, from 2013 to 2015.
He understands the experience of the first responder community, as he serves as a Deputy Captain with the Davidson Rural Fire Brigade and does surf patrols with the Queenscliff Surf Life Saving Club.
Since 1998, he has convened the Pollie Pedal annual charity bike ride which has raised nearly $7 million. In the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours he was appointed as a Companion in the Order of Australia for his eminent service to the people and Parliament of Australia, particularly as Prime Minister.
Tony served as the member for Warringah in the Australian parliament between 1994 and 2019. Prior to entering parliament, he was a journalist with The Australian, a senior adviser to opposition leader John Hewson, and director of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy. He has degrees in economics and law from Sydney University and in politics and philosophy from Oxford which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He is a Member of the Australian War Memorial Council, a Director of the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, and an advisor to the UK Board of Trade.
Since 1998, he has convened the Pollie Pedal annual charity bike ride which has raised nearly $7 million for organisations such as Soldier On and Carers Australia. He still does surf patrols with the Queenscliff Surf Life Saving Club and serves as a Deputy Captain with the Davidson Rural Fire Brigade. In the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours he was appointed as a Companion in the Order of Australia for his eminent service to the people and Parliament of Australia, particularly as Prime Minister, and through significant contributions to trade, border control, and to the Indigenous community.
He is married to Margaret and they are the parents of three daughters – Louise, Frances and Bridget.