Tony Abbott head-butt ‘not linked to same-sex marriage vote’

Man charged with assaulting former Australian PM denies attack was political

Ex-Australian PM Tony Abbott
(Image credit: Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images)

A man charged with head-butting former prime minister of Australia Tony Abbott has said that the attack had nothing to do with the country’s vote on same-sex marriage.

Abbott – a vocal advocate for the No vote – had a swollen lip and criticised the “bullying tactics” of some in the Yes campaign as “disturbing”, according to local news reports.

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