Former PM Tony Abbott has been fined $500 for failure to comply with wearing face covering directive.Tony Abbott was walking at Sydney’s Manly Beach on Wednesday, without a mask, when he was spotted by a member of the public.
An image was sent to NSW Police and the 63-year-old was fined $500 on Friday "for failure to comply with the wearing face-covering directive"."Police will allege the man did not wear a face mask while in public at Fairy Bower, Manly Beach, on the morning of Wednesday 8 September 2021," a police spokesperson told SBS News.“I just want to say two things. First, I believe that I was well within the law, reasonably interpreted,” the former prime minister said.
"I think as soon as we can leave this health police state mindset behind us, the better for everyone." NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said he would not comment on Mr Abbott's situation directly, but urged people to comply with the public health orders."It does not matter who you are, whatever station you have in life. There are [health] orders. Nobody likes to have these orders, but it is to keep everybody safe and I hope people will comply with the orders."
Tony actually seems like a great person, he didn't say he wasn't going to pay the fine, I really don't see why everyone is upset? I agree with him!
Very sad to see former PM treated poorly by dobber and police ?
Mmmmm is being a hypocrite one as well
He doesnt want people reporting crime ? There's quite a number of convictions & prison sentences of Christian religious clergy across Australia for child abuse, incl from the Manly area, by being reported to Police. Has he or Pell for instance ever voiced any condemnation of it ?
Tony never fails to amuse.
Dob in Michaela...
Pity he has complained about being fined for ignoring health orders in place to keep people safe He may have apologised for his actions and given support to the vaccine program but instead had a go at someone who reported him to police Self pity took over
poor petal he always was a self absorber social climber
Unless you're unemployed of course. Then it's perfectly acceptable to do it according to LNP policy.
You did far worse mate.
Pathetic little man
Interesting that the guy who created and welcomed hotlines to dob in a citizen doing the wrong thing is now upset that people dobbed in a citizen doing the wrong thing
What century does TonyAbbott inhabit? Wearing a mask is about protecting others. Courts & police rely on dobbing. I think it would be un Australian not to look out for the welfare of others by dobbing.
Good to see those 'Christian' values Tony. At least they're consistent with the 'don't snitch' values of the church in decades of child abuse.
It’s tough when you’re no longer in the inner circle and get to do what you like.
Politicians never want anybody to dob on them or expose wrong doing. They have always crucified whistle blowers.
CourtRum Abbott not going to challenge his fine because he “doesn’t want to waste police time”? What rubbish! More like, he won’t challenge it because he broke the law!
MorpheusBeing Typical of a Londoner not to snitch one can earn a good living if no one dobbs you in things are done in London not one will talk about a city of privacy a young couple having sex under a blanket was common love will find a way go for it Tony.
John77167223 Good job snitcher
But that is the LNP way as made popular by herr John Howard !
She lied?
Says the man who supports ‘dob in a dealer’ and same for dolebluggers and 😆
Australia must be the only nation that encourages “grasses”. Grass up in the U.K and you lose your knee-caps.
His mate Pell never snitched. The consequences have been horrific for many.
He only removed it (the mask) to insert the suppository.
Oh well...
Sure, Phoney Rabbott, 'dobbing' is 'unaustralian'. That's why your party created dobseeker.
Above the law still ?
NSW authorities promoted dobbing and put ADF into policing, the price of un-Australian values will be paid at next elections ?
Lives are at risk and he turns on somwbody doing the right thing? What a creep!
How old is he? 9?
Do what I say not what I do. Sign of a great (failed) leader...
So Tony, is it ok to shame a whistleblower?
And it’s un-Australian to withhold treatment to 72 year olds & leave them to die because your party has botched the running of this country! Tell your mate Morrison! You are only 10 years short of the cut off age & if things get worse you might be included Mr Abbott! Watch out!
We are all paying the fine right? We are still paying his over inflated salary.
Bluejenellen Whoever dobbed him in should be awarded an AC in the New Years Honours for Services to Public Health
I really detest people who are 'dobbing and snitching', but in Abbott's case let's just call it karma 😊
What goes around comes around Tony !!!! OMG !
Australia would like to thank the person who dobbed in TonyAbbott. Wish I’d done it. He’s not the HonTonyAbbott and like a typical narcissist he shifts the blame to the whistleblower. suckitup WearAMask NeverMyPM
What an onion 🧅
Memories: Dob in a dealer’: Tony Abbott announces hotline to combat ice. Shit happens.
Would it be unAustralian to say ‘Fuck off you entitled arsehole?’ 🍷
From memory of schoolyard bullies, they used words like dobber & snitch to intimidate their victims & prevent being reported to authorities. What sort of example is this peanut setting?
What more to expect from the man that stands up for pedophiles
Didn't we just put in a hotline to dob in welfare recipients?
Didn’t he say to dob in a drug dealer while he was PM? Well someone dobbed in a dope.
wear a mask
Does the wrong thing and claims he's a victim? 🤔
Haha shit take … his Lib mates instigated the” dob in a job seeker “
A political leech on the taxpayers of Australia. Arrogance thinking he doesn't have to comply because he is 'better' than the rest of us.
Shoulda taken a Russian attitude...
They should get a knighthood.
Merlinman10 This much is true….
CarmelNunan Luckily he is a dual national so, if Aussie rules are not to his liking, he can always go to his other nationality. As for dobing, the Libs have made it a national obligation
Fuck 'im.
He makes his bed....now he sleeps in it! 😊
Bababooie42 The only thing better than dobbing and snitching to cause that fuckwit to get a fine would be to do the same to ScottMorrisonMP. But for all the things he has done (or not done), I think the guillotine would be appropriate.
Why would he bother? $500 is just a bit of loose change to him. Maybe if fines were a percentage of income it might be a different story.
Bababooie42 More people should be dobbed in and held to task for not wearing a mask!
He literally set up a dob-in hotline
Do the right thing and you won't get reported
Were ALL in this together, eh Tony? Ran the country with the same attitude.
Remember the Libs are the ones who always drone on and non about 'rule of law' yet they are often the ones who refuse to comply. He's such a great example. auspol
This is so pleasing! 😂
😂😂😂
Of ffs. He's a grown man! How selfish and juvenile
Get over yourself you should have had a bigger fine you set us back again
Tony Abbott is probably the only Australian PM I can think of that would have botched Australia’s covid response worse than slomo
I would not hesitate to dob. Lives matter.
After all... Assange is prime example of this govt's disdain regarding whistle blowers
Doing the right thing is un-Australian, says former PM. Breaking travel bans for Father's Day apparently is also good. 🤦🏻♀️
This man is an incompetent whiner.
MSMWatchdog2013 Says the Most UnAustralian fair go bloke.😵💫
Serves ya right ... you are no different than the next person ... have the guts to accept responsibility rather that call people names because you were caught doing the WRONG thing!
Dobbing and Snitching, Like if one of your colleagues was abusing women or children That is the culture he grew up with
'Breach of orders made under the Public Health Act 2010 is a criminal offence.' Does this mean he will also have a criminal record? If so, he would need to declare it when seeking visa to the US and other countries. Can anyone clarify?
All he had to do was put on a face mask. Like you put on a seatbelt or use oven gloves. Safety matters! A mask protects yourself and others. He has proclaimed he doesn’t care about his health or anyone else’s. Bit odd from a fitness freak.
Prime ministers and ex are above the law
More fundamentally the rules don’t apply to people like him…he belongs to the “we’re all in this together except for those of us who aren’t” class
I hope they also fine Annastacia Palaszczuk for not wearing a mask in her indoors event...
What would he know about being an Australian? He was forced to relinquish his British Citizenship when the rules for being in Federal Parliament were tightened in the not too distant past!
But it is Australian to ignore a public health order, apparently
Surprising statement from Tony Abbott: “I never thought dobbing and snitching was part of the Australian character.“ tonyabbott
What a cock
One term Tony
Ah good old Tones 'the loon🤪' Abbot is back in the news for all the usual reasons of such a twat. I seriously laugh every single time I see his head, those ears, that speedy voice (if he speaks at all), then he eats a bloody onion...omg, you couldn't make this stuff up..
Put your big boy pants on tonyabbott and just say, I made a mistake and I’m a fool; sorry.
We'll be paying that fine no doubt...bludgers til they die
“ How dare I be held accountable”.
Don’t worry Tony. It is personal.
I just dobbed him in for this photo without a mask as it sends the wrong message, that’s $1000 in fines now! What an absolute joke. I wish he was still PM, he wouldn’t take any of the shit going on right now
Abide by the rules and you won’t be fined. I congratulate those people dobbing-in people who are stupid enough to continue, after all these months, to break the rules, delay the lockdown from lifting, put more people at risk and keep more businesses closed.
Poetry.
Big of him. Maybe he could show contrition and accept responsibility for his actions?
Isn’t dobbing and snitching a virtue of the far right?! He should feel at home.
It’s also “Un Australian” to intimidate women but hey Tones did that as well
Yay! I found a topic where I agree with Kevin.
keep snitching on him
Sucked in!
Health rules you can still get covid and spread it. You are not immune from the rules
Man who was unceremoniously dumped as Prime Minister and then dumped by the people of his electorate is still have trouble understanding the Australian character and the law, then decides to pay fine because he thinks he's a good bloke.
Wanker
of course! not like a fine is going to teach ones with money at their disposal, a lesson. Another ignoranus former leader.
I guess the law has no respect for anyone.
LennaLeprena Tony Abbott wanted Australian's to dob on anyone, who didn't use state approved drugs. His love of dobbing, punishes & harms many people. RankHypocrisy
So the campaign in the 70s dob in a mate & the current report suspicious activity are wrong in his opinion?
Fine will get thrown out anyway, totally illegal and unconstitutional.
well, well, well, blame shifting, seen that before.
This piece of crap sat on the opposite side of Free trade negotiations between the UK and Australia. Took the UKs' money to undermine Australia position at the negotiating table! A FTA that dealt the Farmers such a poor position, that they wont get any benefits for 15 years! POS!
Who?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💥
Guess he doesn't believe in crimestoppers then?
Made my day !
Dobbing or lying Which is more un Australian I think the latter. Abbot in parliament did nothing but lie,remember no cuts to schools ,no cut to the pension,etc then did the opposite. Go eat another onion
Hey Tone, what other crimes do you want us to walk past?
'Dobbing and snitching' is what small boys do. 'Reporting someone who's broken the law' is adult. COVID19 auspol
It’s unAustralian to flout the fkn health advice and put your fellow Aussie at perilous risk.
Can’t believe a former PM would criticise anyone for doing the right thing!🙄Just mask😷up!
What a piece of work he is. I really expect more from a former PM.
Its a conservative thing Tony Would not happen in Sydney's Western Suburbs
Wish I'd had the opportunity to dob in that pommie crook - I wouldn't hesitate.
We should all be doing this! It is not snitching, it is trying to stay safe!!
He's shirt fronting Covid19, leave him alone.
Surprising to see a Rhodes Scholar using the word 'snitch'. A man of the people after all. 😃
It's tax's payers money anyways why would he care even tho snitching is dirty
It was so unlucky for Abbott that he was even in the country on that day.
But he’s normally all for dobbing people in But I guess old tony Abbott means dob others in but not him.. even when he is doing the wrong thing.
If only he would just disappear.
Yes well the Libs are quite fond of locking up whistleblowers.
Wowzers, Conservatives with radioactive levels of hypocrisy is all abound the Australian landscape, It was his Government that introduced the 'Dob & Snitch terrorism' hotline.
He chose to not wear it. You can't go blaming others when you are doing the wrong thing. Year 1 lesson. Its a liberal trait of not taking responsibility.
bwahahahahahahahaha hypocrite
I would have been very happy to have taken that photo.
So slam the dobber rather than the non-compliant? lol
Tony is saying I have money, I'll do what I want. Typical entitlement led by Scott.
oh he expected a different set of rules for him? ah the entitled
this guy?
Wish he would make up his mind -- back in 2015 he was imploring citizens to dob-in welfare cheats.
He means turn a blind eye to white entitlement...
They will enjoy that, it's a part of the leftist character
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