Sydney Morning Herald | Taxpayers spending $3000 a week to rent home Tony Abbott rejected ABC Online Taxpayers are spending $3,000 a week to rent a house in Canberra that Prime Minister Tony Abbott does not want to live in. Mr Abbott has been staying at the Australian Federal Police training headquarters while The Lodge undergoes major repairs. Car industry in its death throes Lights on but no one home as Tony Abbott lets waste pile up in rented Canberra ... $3000 a week for house PM doesn't use |