How are former Howard government ministers adjusting to their new lives? One has had help, Crikey understands. We hear Tony Abbott was the fortunate recipient of some Christmas almsgiving.
Abbott bewailed his drop in salary at a convivial Christmas lunch in Balmain, so former Treasury secretary and sometime Senator John Stone tipped out the sugar bowl, dropped in a coin and passed the plate around.
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