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Abbott pays tribute to Abe

Tony Abbott is on ABC Radio paying tribute to Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe – “the best friend Australia has ever had from Japan”.

History shouldn’t be used a stick ... that’s what China has tended to do with Japan.

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