Green Trade or Green Trade-Off - Ep52: Tony Abbott

Green Trade or Green Trade-Off - Ep52: Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott was the Australian PM between 2013 and 2015, the leader of the Liberal Party between 2009 and 2015 and an MP for Warringah between 1994 and 2019. He currently serves as an advisor to the UK Board of Trade alongside Michael.

During his time in office he repealed Australia’s carbon tax and finalized trade deals with China, Japan and Korea. Tony Abbott was also Health Minister between 2003 and 2007.

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.

Further reading:

Official bio:

http://tonyabbott.com.au/biography/

Board of Trade report: green trade

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/board-of-trade-report-green-trade

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