Friday 28 November 2014

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's on again, off again, support for White Ribbon Day 2014


White Ribbon Day helps raise awareness and funds to stop men's violence against women in Australia.

This was Prime Minister and self-appointed Minister for Women Tony Abbott sporting the official white ribbon at one of the main Canberra events on 25 November 2014:



This was the Prime Minister a few hours later minus ribbon during Question Time:


Apparently, unlike many of his parliamentary colleagues, he did not consider it worth the effort to wear this ribbon for the day instead of just for a morning media opportunity.

Bill Shorten on the other hand was wearing his ribbon during the afternoon as this second screen shot shows:






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