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This R&D covers Tony Abbott’s political future.  Abbott is Australia’s prime minister and the leader of its Liberal Party.  He was elected in September 2013, but had to stave off a leadership challenge on Monday after the Liberal Party suffered devastating losses in Victoria and Queensland’s state elections.  Abbott’s opponents argue that his policies are harming the environment and say his policy toward asylum seekers is creating foreign relations headaches with the country’s neighbors.