Tony Abbott accepts Indigenous envoy role, plans to focus on education

Tony Abbott has taken up the offer to become the prime minister's special envoy on Indigenous affairs.

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Published 29 August 2018 9:19am

Updated 29 August 2018 9:23am

By May Rizk

Source: AAP

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Former prime minister Tony Abbott has accepted an offer to become Scott Morrison's special envoy on indigenous affairs, saying school attendance and performance will be his major focus.

Mr Morrison offered the Liberal backbencher the envoy role after leaving him out of his new-look cabinet, in an effort to heal the wounds of last week's damaging leadership spill.