Tony Abbott

Inspired by recent campaigns that have marked notable deaths, Australians create a "prehumous" tribute to a controversial leader: They're putting out their onions for Tony Abbott.

After less than two years, Abbott's often contentious term came to a sharp end. His own Liberal Party voted to replace him with the more moderate Malcolm Turnbull.

Tony Abbott reportedly overruled a panel judging Australia's top fiction award, picking Richard Flanagan to share the prize. And one judge — famed poet Les Murray — isn't happy.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott, speaking in a radio interview, said his government would do "whatever is reasonably necessary" to stop asylum seekers from reaching Australian shores.

Roars of disapproval rang out in Australia's Parliament on Thursday, after Prime Minister Tony Abbott called Labor leader Bill Shorten "the Dr. Goebbels of economic policy."