NEWS.com.au | Abbott defends being drunk and missing crucial Parliament vote NEWS.com.au FROMER Prime Minister Tony Abbott has defended the night of excessive drinking that led to him passing out in Parliament and, in the same breath, has criticized government expenditure and how welfare payments are being allowed to be “blown on booze”. 'I was sober in the morning': Tony Abbott defends drinking binge, hits out at drunks on welfare Turnbull v Abbott in Hangover 4 Tony Abbott out cold after boozy dinner: PM dresses down predecessor for sleeping through crucial vote |