By Richard Shears PUBLISHED: 18:42 EST, 8 September 2013 | UPDATED: 09:10 EST, 9 September 2013 Australia’s new prime minister immediately set to work yesterday on a right-wing policy agenda that many Tories could only dream of carrying out in Britain. Hours after defeating the ruling Labor party, British-born Tony Abbott slipped into cycling gear for a ride through Sydney’s suburbs – and then got straight down to business. Top of the list is implementing his promise to get tough on immigration by ‘turning back’ the asylum boats bringing refugees to the country, while pledging to slash Australia’s foreign aid budget.
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Tony Abbott immediately set to work yesterday on Right-wing agenda
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Top of the list is implementing his promise to get tough on immigration by
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55-year-old Oxford graduate also said one of his first moves would be to reverse the climate change consensus
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