Australia’s 28th, and latest, PM Tony Abbott has a stiff task ahead of him and the UK’s Independent newspaper has this take on the man and his policies

I’m out of here again now to chill after what has been an extremely busy but terrific week-end helping to run a local music festival.Eamonn will be along shortly and will have his own well-considered views as always to add to the Australian election outcome. In the meantime this is what he posted earlier today