Ex Prime Minister Tony Abbott admits he was drunk during Kevin Rudd’s GFC bailout vote

FORMER Prime Minister Tony Abbott has finally confessed that he was passed out, drunk, on the night he should have voted on Kevin Rudd’s GFC bailout measures in 2009.

Wayne Swan will no doubt be gratified that Mr Abbott has come clean, having dogged him to do so for years after the event.

Mr Abbott, who was the leader of the opposition at that time, has shared his story on The House With Annabel Crabb, in an episode set to air on September 5.

He recounted the story to Crabb standing in the Members Only dining room in Parliament House.

“There was one famous occasion when Peter Costello, Kevin Andrews and I hung out rather a long time here,” he told Crabb…

Source: Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott admits he was passed out drunk during Kevin Rudd’s GFC bailout vote | Perth Now