You’d be forgiven for missing it, what with the media obsession with knights and dames, but this week marked the 20th anniversary of Tony Abbott’s election to federal parliament. On 26 March 1994, the former head of the Australians for Constitutional Monarchy won a by-election following the resignation of veteran Liberal MP Michael MacKellar in the northern Sydney beaches electorate of Warringah.
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David Oldfield is a social commentator, broadcaster, former One Nation NSW parliamentarian and one-time private secretary to the Hon Tony Abbott MHR
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